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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SWYOR-0C27C7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Post Medieval double looped buckle dating AD 1550 - 1700. The copper alloy frame is a double looped and sub-oval in plan. At the apex of the loops there is a recessed star or flower as decoration. The strap bar is narrowed and a rounded triangle in section. There is a projecting knop at each end of the strap bar, with the casting flange not trimmed off at one end. In profile the frame has been bent forming a very wide 'V'. The pin is missing. The surface of the frame has a green patina with patches of a black coating (linseed oil?). The buckle measures 47mm long, 29.5mm wide and 2.4mm thick. 6.92g.
Similar examples are illustrated in Whitehead (1996), number 407 for example, which is dated to the mid 16th to mid 17th century. Egan (2005) illustrates a similar buckle, No. 88 and dates this to the 17th century.
Egan, G. 2005 Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition MoLAS Monograph 19
Whitehead, R. 1996 Buckles 1250-1800 Greenlight Publishing
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47 mm
Width: 29.5 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 6.92 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 19th December 2015 - Saturday 19th December 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2810
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Black coated
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
Parish or ward: Brafferton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4371
Four figure Latitude: 54.13305571
Four figure longitude: -1.34341755
1:25K map: SE4371
1:10K map: SE47SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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