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BUCKLE
Unique ID: HESH-A786FB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy double looped buckle with openwork frame of probable post-medieval date (1550-1650). Only one of the two loops survive; originally in plan the buckle was broadly sub-rectangular with a slight central bar to which a pin would have been attached. The pin is lost; there is no evidence for a recessed pin rest on the frame. The frame of the buckle is decorated with projecting triangular plates on the short edges; the extant example has a trefoil shaped knop on its external edge and a series of either cast or incised / drilled holes creating a heart shape. There are also slight knops extending either side of the central bar. There is no applied or incised decoration The buckle is a dark green colour with a well preserved patina which covers all surfaces. Movement in the ploughsoil has resulted in the buckle becoming asymmetrical, and slightly bowed in profile. Similar examples to this buckle can be seen in Ross Whitehead's book 'Buckles 1250 - 1800', page 70, and a close parallel can be seen in reference 439 dated by Whitehead to the period 1550-1650.
The buckle measures 39.7mm long, 29.8mm wide, is 2.7mm thick and weighs 4.99 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Exactly AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39.7 mm
Width: 29.8 mm
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 4.99 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Geometric
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Albrighton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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