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BUCKLE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-6103BB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete 14th-15th cast copper alloy single-loop buckle of composite type with forked spacer. The pin is missing. The frame is a quarter-circle in cross-section, and has a projecting point at the centre externally with a small groove forming a pin rest behind, on the internal edge. The junction of the frame and spacer plate is marked by a tranverse bulge against which the external plates fitted.
The spacer plate consists of two short tapering forks cast in one with the frame, one of which is complete; the other has the tip of the prong broken off. It is an old break. There are traces of silvering on both faces of the prongs, this probably represents the solder that held the external plates to the spacer..
The object measures 32.00mm in length, 27.5mm in width. Thickness varies around the circumference of the frame from 3.4mm to 2.5mm. Weight is 7.4g.
Composite buckles with forked spacer plates are generally dated to the mid 14th to early 15th centuries (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 80).
Similar to: BIC - 6440F1 GLO - 546C5C
Class: composite
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: finders address
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 mm
Width: 27.5 mm
Weight: 7.4 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Harborough (District)
Parish or ward: Billesdon (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7102
Four figure Latitude: 52.61114642
Four figure longitude: -0.95288697
1:25K map: SK7102
1:10K map: SK70SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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