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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SWYOR-66B89C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete, double loop, copper alloy buckle, dating from the Medieval period, about AD 1250 - 1450. It has a rectangular double looped frame with rounded corners, and the inner edges of the loops are sub-rectangular with rounded corners. The central bar is integral. The front face of the frame is bevelled. It is 23.4mm long, 20mm wide and 1.9mm thick. It weighs 1.81gm. The frame is cracked and the pin and plate are missing. Similar examples in Egan and Pitchard suggest a Medieval date. The buckle has a smooth brown patina.
Class: Cassels type 1.4A
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 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.4 mm
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 1.81 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st February 2018 - Wednesday 28th February 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 3106
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
Parish or ward: Topcliffe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4076
Four figure Latitude: 54.17823176
Four figure longitude: -1.38866543
1:25K map: SE4076
1:10K map: SE47NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. | 1991 | Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991) | London | Stationery Office Books |
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