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BUCKLE
Unique ID: DOR-12184B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy Medieval buckle consisting of the frame and pin. It is a disc-on-pin buckle dating from AD 1300 - 1400 ( Redmayne type B). The frame is semi-circular in cross-section with a narrowed bar for the copper-alloy pin. Narrow notches on the back of the frame would have held a wire bar at right angles to the pin, but this is missing.The pin is formed from a small section of copper alloy with a loop to suspend it from the buckle frame, The centre of the pin expands into a circular disc decorated with an oval hollow in the centre. The pin then tapers to a sharp point. The pointed tip of the pin rests on the opposite side of the frame.
There is no decoration on the buckle frame and it is a patinated light green colour. The buckle is 17.30mm in diameter and weighs 2.48g.
A similar example can be found on the database: SWYOR-32ED85
Class:
Disc-on-pin
Sub class: Redmayne Type B
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.17 mm
Weight: 2.48 g
Diameter: 17.3 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 017533
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: Weymouth and Portland (District)
Parish or ward: Upwey and Broadwey (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SY6585
Four figure Latitude: 50.6636119
Four figure longitude: -2.49656847
1:25K map: SY6585
1:10K map: SY65SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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