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BUCKLE
Unique ID: GLO-573A39
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
~~Copper alloy late roman buckle plate. This is roughly triangular in form and is decorated with an openwork pattern of three interconnecting trumpets, this is shown using a trefoil in the centre from which the trumpets emanates to curve round and finish with the bell of each trumpet terminating in a different corner. At the base of the plate is a transverse bar that holds two evenly spaced forward facing loops. These loops would have held the axis bar for the buckle.
Openwork buckle plates decorated with trumpet motifs are vary rare finds with examples utilising simple or geometric openwork patters being more common. See SWYOR-AF4D93, NCL-2DE681for similar examples.
The reverse of each of the trumpets is concave. There are two integral rivets on the reverse, these have a circular cross section with an expanded domed head.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: Regional importance
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 200
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29 mm
Width: 24 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 7.04 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 8th March 2017
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Forest of Dean (District)
Parish or ward: Hartpury (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO7821
Four figure Latitude: 51.88711838
Four figure longitude: -2.32105744
1:25K map: SO7821
1:10K map: SO72SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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