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Description: | A cast, copper alloy buckle with a single loop frame and an integral, decorated buckle plate. The buckle dates to the Medieval period (AD1250-1400) and may be a spur buckle. The buckle frame is oval with an extended protruding lip (pin rest) on the outside edge. The buckle plate extends behind the frame and tapers to a sharp point. Usually on a spur buckle, there would be a hook on the end of the buckle plate. The plate has some herring-bone decoration on the front surface and there is evidence of gilding. There are three rivet holes on the plate; the first, situated at the frame end, holds the remains of the buckle pin whilst the other two rivet holes would have been used to attach the buckle to a strap or belt. The buckle is 70.7mm long, 12.3mm wide and 3.8mm thick. It weighs 6gm.
Similar buckles are illustrated in Griffiths, Philpott and Egan, 2007, Meols: The Archaeology of the North Wirral Coast, page 103, numbers 768 - 770. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1250
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Anna Marshall | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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