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BUCKLE
Unique ID: WAW-3F9A4E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval (late 13th to 14th century) buckle: The copper alloy buckle frame is a double looped oval in plan. The loops are decorated with three transverse grooves. The reverse is undecorated. The strap bar is a rounded trapezoid in section and has the trace of an iron pin.
The buckle surface has a dark-green abraded patina.
The buckle measures 19.49mm in length, 13.56mm wide and weighs 0.97g.
Egan and Pritchard (2002) date a similar shaped buckle, No. 350, to the late 13th to 14th century. Due to the size of the frame Egan and Pritchard (2002) comment that they were probably produced for a specialised function, but what this function is, is unknown.
Egan, G. and Pritchard, F., 2002Dress Accessories, c. 1150- c. 1450 (Medieval finds from Excavations in London)London: Boydell Press
Class: Cassels type 1.4B
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1375
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.49 mm
Width: 13.56 mm
Weight: 0.97 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 23rd March 2017 - Thursday 23rd March 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Brailes (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3141
Four figure Latitude: 52.06651053
Four figure longitude: -1.54919228
1:25K map: SP3141
1:10K map: SP34SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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