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Description: | Part of a buckle or piece of horse harness, cast in copper alloy. This object consists of a circular loop (29.2mm across), which is attached to a shaft, via a simple collar. The shaft is broken off so that it is merely a stump. The shaft is hollow inside and seems to taper off in within the collar; the hollow also opens out onto one side; it is possible that this relates to the pin, or the shaft may have had an iron core of some sort, now missing. There is a wide groove in the loop in a position which one might expect for a pin, but there is no hole for a pin in the usual position. The surface is patchy green and reddish-brown, and quite worn. Although this resembles some buckles from the medieval period, the robust nature of the piece suggests maybe a piece of horse harness. This buckle/strap fitting is likely to date between 1250-1650.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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