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BUCKLE
Unique ID: LANCUM-B18ABD
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy medieval annular buckle or brooch dating from the 13th-15th century. The hoop is complete and in fair condition; the pin is missing. There is no indication that the ring had a recess for the pin or a pin rest, meaning that the pin was moving around the ring freely. The ring is largely plain, but half was decorated with diagonal grooves giving this half the appearance of 'rope pattern' or that it was twisted which is it was not - as can be seen from the reverse image, which is plain.
Medieval annular brooches/buckles were frequently part-twisted: IOW-DA111B, NMGW-3DF7B9, YORYM-9A191A and especially GLO-5F83A6.
Class: Annular
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: Exactly AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 6.9 g
Diameter: 45 mm
Rally details.
This object was found at Brampton and Longtown Rotary Club Rally 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Carlisle (District)
Parish or ward: Hayton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NY4957
Four figure Latitude: 54.90510085
Four figure longitude: -2.7969046
1:25K map: NY4957
1:10K map: NY45NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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