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BUCKLE

Unique ID: WILT-17AA2F

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Medieval copper alloy annular buckle pin, dating to c AD 1200 - 1400. It has a tapering shaft with a transverse ridge below the incomplete loop, around half lost to an old break. There is a concave indentation at the tip of the pin, when viewed in profile, forming a rest. It has a dark grey patina.

Dimensions: 45.7mm in length; 5.6mm in width; shaft 4.7mm in diameter, tapering to 3.1mm; 4.89g in weight.

cf. Egan & Pritchard (1991: 115) no. 541.

Class: Pin

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 45.7 mm
Width: 5.6 mm
Thickness: 4.7 mm
Weight: 4.89 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SSWM 5426

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Shrewton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU0544
Four figure Latitude: 51.19519836
Four figure longitude: -1.9298266
1:25K map: SU0544
1:10K map: SU04SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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Recording Institution: WILT
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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