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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy spur buckle of Medieval date (c. AD 1270 - c. AD 1350). Length: 40.0mm; width: 19.1mm and 4.5mm thick. Weight: 5.78g.The pin is missing.The frame, integral with the plate, is sub-circular (almost circular) in plan. It is convex at the front and bevelled at the rear. It has an outer diameter of 19.1mm and an inner diameter of 11.2mm. There is a slight notch at the top of the outside edge of the frame where the pin would have rested. The rectangular plate measures 21.0mm x 9.8mm. It is flat on both faces and the upper edges are bevelled. In the plate, close to the frame and slightly off-centre, there is a circular pin hole where the missing pin was secured. This has a diameter of 2.6mm. On the underside of the pin hole, adjacent to the frame, there is a wear mark created by the pin loop. The plate has two rivet holes, one close to the pin hole and another near the attachment end. These are also off-centre and both are filled with iron corrosion indicating that the rivets were made of iron.Egan has suggested that these types of buckles were used with spurs. This buckle is similar to two found in archaeological excavations at Swan Lane, Upper Thames Street, London which date c. 1270-1350 (Egan 1991, 108, fig.68, refs. 484 and 486).The frame and plate have traces of a mid to dark brown patina. They also both have superficial flaky and powdery copper alloy corrosion products. The attachment end of the plate is largely obscured by iron corrosion.
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