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BUCKLE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-242037
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy single looped 'roller' buckle. The frame is oval with a narrower offset strap bar expanded at each end with two small knops. The front end of the buckle is expanded and decorated with two knops the loop is recessed to house a copper alloy sheet roller decorated with six circumfrential incisions.The pin bar is recessed and narrow. The buckle is similar but not identical to No 96 (Whitehead, 2003). It can be broadly dated to the 13th or 14th centuries.
Weight: 4.78 gms, Length: 23.6mm, Width: 18.84mm, Thickness: 5.3mm
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.6 mm
Width: 18.84 mm
Thickness: 5.3 mm
Weight: 4.78 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 2nd January 2020
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Aymestry
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 96 |
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