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Description: | A cast copper alloy buckle of late post-medieval or modern date (c. AD1600 - c. AD1900). Length 44mm, width 69.5mm and 5.0mm thick. Weight 37.43g. An incomplete cast in one piece copper alloy harness buckle or harness fitting. It is roughly A-shaped in plan and is comprises three distinct elements, A D-shaped loop, a central rectanular opening and a long bar. The curving part of the D-shaped element is sub-circular in cross-section and the remaining parts are rectangular in cross-section. The artefact is slightly worn but in a fair condition and has a well developed even mid-green patina overall. Similar buckles are recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. See finds: IOW-4D7715 from the Isle of Wight, NLM-1EE984 from Friesthorpe Parish, Lincolnshire and WMID-A07C58 from Shenstone Parish, Staffordshire.
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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