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BUCKLE
Unique ID: LANCUM-812ACC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete medieval cast copper-alloy single loop buckle with spacers, dating to the period AD 1350 -1400. The oval frame, pin and parts of the spacers survive, but the plates are missing. The oval frame is bevelled on the upper face and flat on the lower face.
Similar buckles can be seen in Egan and Pritchard's Dress Accessories (1991, p80-81, nos.324-326.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20 mm
Width: 20 mm
Weight: 2.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 5th August 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 1350
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
To be known as: Bedale
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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