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Description: | A cast copper-alloy D-shaped buckle, probably dating from the medieval period. Mass: 1.5g; length: 14.9mm; width of frame: 13.0mm; thickness of frame: 2.6mm. The buckle has a narrowed bar. The frame has a sub-circular cross-section, with a rectangular sectioned bar. The copper-alloy pin (length: 13.3mm) curves to form a loop at one terminal, beyond which there is a transverse ridge on the front. The pin tapers to a point at the other end. The pin is broadly rectangular in section. The buckle has a pitted green surface with traces of what appears to be a white metal coating. The frame is most similar to type 1 in the typological scheme published by Griffiths et al. (2007) in "Meols, the Archaeology of the North Wirrall Coast" (Fig 2.5.1). The buckle is similar to object 388 and 420 (with a fragment of a plate around the bar) in "Dress Accessories1150-1450" (Egan, 2002, figures 55 and 59 and p.90 and 94). Objects 420 and 388 in "Dress Accessories 1150-1450" (Egan, 2002, figure 44 and p73) were found in ceramic phase 10 and 11 contexts respectively in London, which are dated to c.1330-c.1380, c.1350-c.1400.
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