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Description: | Medieval cast copper alloy single loop buckle with integral strap plate, now broken, and pin. The buckle frame is round with a slightly widened and thickened outer edge with a pin rest in the centre; the outer edge is bevelled giving a triangular section. The pin is probably cut from copper alloy sheet but is worn or hammered to a very thin point, it is looped 360 degrees through the hole in the strap plate. The plate was originally integral to the frame with a circular hole for the pin to loop though. The majority of the plate is lost to an old break level with a central rivet hole. The remaining item is 15.9mm long, 12.7mm wide and 2.1mm thick; it weighs 1.26 grams.Egan and Pritchard (1993 page 78, No.320, 321) illustrate two similar buckles which they date from the mid 13th to mid 14th centurys. They comment that similar, but more robust, styles of buckles are known on spurs of this date but their examples, and this buckle are relatively weak for such a use.
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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