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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SWYOR-40E8C0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Medieval composite buckle dating from about AD 1330 - 1450. It has an oval frame with a point projecting from the lipped outer edge of the frame. There is an integral forked spacer with a grooved aperture to house the pin which is rectangular in cross-section and looped round the bar. Plain sheet copper alloy top and bottom plates sandwich the spacer and there is a single copper alloy rivet in the centre of the open end. The buckle is 32.2mm long, 11.5mm wide and 4.9mm thick. 3.1g. Compare examples in Egan and Pritchard (1991), page 78 - 82.
Class: composite
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1330
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.2 mm
Width: 11.5 mm
Thickness: 4.9 mm
Weight: 3.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 3rd March 2017 - Friday 3rd March 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2962
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: North Cave (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE8831
Four figure Latitude: 53.76792163
Four figure longitude: -0.66640218
1:25K map: SE8831
1:10K map: SE83SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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