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BUCKLE
Unique ID: WILT-2C9B44
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval copper alloy rectangular frame buckle with integral, narrowed plate, dating to c. AD 1250-1400. The buckle consists of a rectangular frame with a narrowede external edge, retaining a copper alloy sheet roller in situ. A narrow integral plate projects from the bar end of the buckle frame, plano-convex in cross section and profile, preceded by a thick sub-rectangular collar and terminating in an elongated knop, perforated to hold a lost rivet. An integral rivet projects from below the collar in the reverse, with a circular aperture below the bar to accomodate a lost pin.
Dimensions: length: 37m; width: 11.8mm; weight 4.7g.
cf. Griffiths, Philpott & Egan (2007: 103) nos. 768-772, dated to the early 13th century onwards. The buckle frame itself resembles Meols type D, dated to the late 13th/early 14th century.
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: 37 mm
Width: 11.8 mm
Weight: 4.79 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 5373
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Idmiston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU2037
Four figure Latitude: 51.1319301
Four figure longitude: -1.71555188
1:25K map: SU2037
1:10K map: SU23NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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