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BUCKLE
Unique ID: YORYM-760A25
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper-alloy brooch or buckle pin of medieval date, c.AD 1350 - 1400. The pin is sub-rectangular in plan with a square section. One end is curved into an open loop where it would have fitted around the frame. From the loop the pin tapers to a worn rounded point. Three transverse ridges are present at the junction of the loop and pin proper.
The metal has a dark green patina and is worn. The pin is 47.9mm long, 4mm wide, 6mm thick and weighs 5.4g.
Similar pins have been recorded on the PAS database, for examples see: YORYM-C49DA5, NMGW-1F09BE, LIN-674A2C, NMS-038566 and YORYM-74FB37.
A similar pin is also illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (2002) p.115, fig.75, no.547 from a context which is dated through associated ceramics to circa AD 1350 - 1400 AD.
Ref:
Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. (1991). Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London). London: Stationery Office Books.
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 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47.9 mm
Width: 4 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 5.4 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E06345
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Pocklington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7950
Four figure Latitude: 53.94009431
Four figure longitude: -0.79802777
1:25K map: SE7950
1:10K map: SE75SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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