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BUCKLE
Unique ID: WAW-B7B183
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval buckle (13th to 14th centuries): The copper alloy buckle frame is a sub-oval with a frame which expands in width towards the apex. The upper edge is decorated with a wide rectangular notch which is bordered by a high-relief V, beyond which the frame is narrowed to meet the integral buckle plate. The plate is an elongated trapezoid which terminates with a broken edge. The break is not recent. The other terminal has a collar which transverse the plate just below the frame, and is intersected with a circular perforation which allows for the pin to be fixed to the frame. The pin is now missing. The plate, on the outer surface is decoration with a finer transverse groove and has a small rivet hole. In profile the plate is flat and the frame is angled downwards slightly which may not be intentional. The surface of the frame has traces of gilding and the frame and plate have traces of a mid green patina. It measures 33.58mm long, 16.33mm wide and weighs 3.52g.
Similar buckles are illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (2002), Nos. 320 and 321 and the example from the Ashmolean are dated to the 13th to 14th centuries.
Egan, G. and Pritchard, F., 2002 Dress Accessories, c. 1150- c. 1450 (Medieval finds from Excavations in London) London: Boydell Press
Class: integral plate
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.58 mm
Width: 16.33 mm
Weight: 3.52 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 9th December 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Enstone (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3824
Four figure Latitude: 51.91324102
Four figure longitude: -1.44896081
1:25K map: SP3824
1:10K map: SP32SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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