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Unique ID: YORYM-5732B2
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete copper-alloy buckle of medieval date, c.AD 1250 - 1500. Meols Type 2. The buckle is a single loop D-shape with a narrowed strap bar. Three off-centre transverse grooves are present on the outer loop of the frame and may have served as rests for the pin. The pin no longer remains.
The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The buckle is 17.1mm long, 14.1mm wide, 3.2mm thick and weighs 2.1g.
Similar examples are illustrated in Whitehead (1996) p.19 and are dated to circa AD 1250 - 1500.
Ref: Griffiths, D., Philpott. R. and Egan, G. (2007) Meols: The Archaeology of the North West Wirral Coast. Oxford: Oxford University School of Archaeology.
Ref: Whitehead, R. (1996). Buckles 1250-1800. Chelmsford: Greenlight Publishing.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.1 mm
Width: 14.1 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 2.1 g
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Other reference: YMT : E05944
4 Figure: TA0479
Four figure Latitude: 54.19622055
Four figure longitude: -0.4073885
1:25K map: TA0479
1:10K map: TA07NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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