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BUCKLE
Unique ID: HESH-DE7031
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle of Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1550 - 1650). The fragment is approximately 25% of a double looped frame and is irregular in plan. The pin, central bar and second loop has been lost completely. The frame has cast rounded knops on the outer edge of the loop, which is decorated with a possible rosette, now very worn. One of the broken edges terminates in two protruding pellets which would have formed part of the decoration where the central bar met the outer frame. The reverse has no visible decoration. The frame has dark green surface patina.
There are parallels on this database, such as from Newport, Telford and Wrekin (HESH-4FD3A4) and from Cockshutt, Shropshire (HESH-0EFE7D).
The buckle fragment measures 36.5mm in length, 22.2mm in width, the bar is 6.4mm wide at the rosette and the thickness is 2.9mm. It weighs 1.9grams.
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 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.5 mm
Width: 22.2 mm
Thickness: 2.9 mm
Weight: 1.9 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Shropshire Museum Service Object Entry: E. 00973
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Cleobury Mortimer
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 66 - 67 |
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