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BUCKLE

Unique ID: WAW-FA78B4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Medieval buckle (late 12th to the late 14th century): The copper alloy single looped buckle frame is an ornate oval with the strap bar having an integral buckle plate. The sides of the buckle frame are convex on the exterior and concave on the interior, and the edge, opposite the strap bar, is thickened and has moulded oblique notches on the upper face. The buckle plate is an elongated triangular which is incomplete and has a hole in the centre by the strap bar which is where the pin is fixed. The pin is missing. The buckle plate has a rivet hole.

The buckle frame and plate has a dark green coloured patina, otherwise there are large patches of red copper corrosion. It measures 22.89mm long and 14.24mm wide across the frame. It weighs 2.71g.

Egan and Pritchard (2002) dates similar shaped buckles without buckle plates (Nos. 314 and 312) to the late 12th to the late 14th century.

Egan, G. and Pritchard, F., 2002 Dress Accessories, c. 1150- c. 1450 (Medieval finds from Excavations in London) London: Boydell Press

Class: integral plate

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1175
Date to: Circa AD 1375

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 22.89 mm
Width: 14.24 mm
Weight: 2.71 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2016 - Thursday 1st June 2017

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Malvern Hills (District)
Parish or ward: Hallow (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SO8158
Four figure Latitude: 52.21987801
Four figure longitude: -2.27953953
1:25K map: SO8158
1:10K map: SO85NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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