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BUCKLE
Unique ID: WILT-5CAB01
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast copper-alloy medieval to post medieval single looped buckle, dating to the period AD c.1250 to c.1400. The buckle is broadly oval in shape, with a knopped protrusion. In total it measures 21.16mm in length, 19.92mm in width and weighs 2.43g.
The "fishtail" tapers outwards from the frame to 16.61mm in length, before curving inwards slightly on itself. The "fishtail" measures 4.91mm in width, and is decorated by approximately eleven transverse ridges, all sloping towards the centre of the "fishtail", upon which the pin rests. The pin wraps around the central bar and measures 2.49mm in width before tapering to a point after 19.94mm in length. The patina and colour of the pin is markedly different to the rest of the buckle, being light green and rough in patina whilst the buckle is a smooth, dark green.
A similar parallel to this can be seen in Whitehead (2003) p15, no.91. The decoration is not entirely alike, but the shape is.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 21.16 mm
Width: 19 mm
Weight: 2.43 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: WHM 2017-04
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Enford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU1351
Four figure Latitude: 51.25801683
Four figure longitude: -1.81508814
1:25K map: SU1351
1:10K map: SU15SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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