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BUCKLE
Unique ID: YORYM-00F55E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy buckle of medieval date, c.AD 1250 - 1400. The buckle is a single looped oval with a narrowed and offset bar and ornate outer edges. Two prominent knops flank five grooves on the outer edge of the loop which act as rests for the pin. The remains of a pin are looped around the bar though its tip has been lost to an old worn break.
The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The buckle is 22.5mm long, 22.8mm wide, 4.2mm thick and weighs 3.7g.
A similar example is illustrated in Whitehead p.22, no.87 and is dated to circa AD 1250 - 1400.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.5 mm
Width: 22.8 mm
Thickness: 4.2 mm
Weight: 3.7 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E05710
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Scarborough (District)
Parish or ward: Hunmanby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA1175
Four figure Latitude: 54.15882128
Four figure longitude: -0.30161628
1:25K map: TA1175
1:10K map: TA17NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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