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Description: | Fragment of buckle frame. The bar is narrowed in the middle, but not offset, and is roughly circular in cross-section with a diameter of 3 mm. At one end of the bar, the single surviving corner is rounded and is a pointed oval in cross-section, measuring 4 mm wide by 2-3 mm thick. The surviving width is 33 mm; the original width must have been at least 50 mm. The surviving length is 11 mm. It is very hard to tell which was the upper face and which the reverse; there are a few visible filemarks on one face. It is also hard to date this buckle. Oval buckles (as this one may have been) are most common in the medieval and early Anglo-Saxon periods, but medieval buckles tend to have offset bars, and early Anglo-Saxon buckles tend to have a bar that smoothly swells into the outer edge, rather than having a distinct step as this one does. The balance of probabilities, however (taking into account other finds from this site) is medieval. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Geake, Helen - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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