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BUCKLE
Unique ID: WAW-8759D2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval (late 14th to early 16th century) annular buckle: In plan, the copper alloy buckle frame is sub-circular and is sub-oval in section. The frame is undecorated. There is an cast copper alloy pin curled around the frame which is sub-rectangular in section, but the underside is slightly hollow and tapers to the tip. The frame has signs of wear on the interior edge on opposite edges, thereby enhancing the overall oval shape to the frame.
The surface of the frame is in fair condition and has a light green/brown patina.
The buckle frame measures 26.78mm long, 24.23mm wide and 5.72mm thick at the pin loop. It weighs 3.61g.
Similar buckles are illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (2002), for example No. 44 which is also a particularly small example. Egan and Pritchard (2002:57) comment that these frames, without constrictions for the pin are considered to be buckles, and those with a constriction are brooches. They date to the late 14th to early 16th century.
Egan, G. and Pritchard, F., 2002 Dress Accessories, c. 1150- c. 1450 (Medieval finds from Excavations in London) London: Boydell Press
Class: Cassels type 1.1A
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1375
Date to: Circa AD 1525
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.78 mm
Width: 24.23 mm
Thickness: 5.72 mm
Weight: 3.61 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 31st August 2017 - Thursday 30th November 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: Wyre Forest (District)
Parish or ward: Greenhill (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO8577
Four figure Latitude: 52.39081529
Four figure longitude: -2.22184141
1:25K map: SO8577
1:10K map: SO87NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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