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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle of probable Post-Medieval date, possibly a spur buckle. One side and the inner edge of the square frame, as well as the integral plate, survive intact, the remainder of the buckle is now missing due to old breaks. The frame is square in shape and section and from its inner edge projects the integral plate. This is flat, rectangular in shape and section, and has openwork decoration. Two circular perforations are visible at each end of the plate, presumably serving as rivet holes. To each side where the plate joins the terminal is a projecting semi-circular lobe, one of which has a semi-circular perforation on its outer edge. The terminal itself is in the form of an openwork trefoil with two large drop-shaped foils to either side and a central projecting foil that is semi-circular at its outer edge. The semi-circular projection of the central lobe contains a further circular perforation that preserves the remains of an iron rivet for attachment to a belt or strap. Both faces of the buckle have evidence of toolmarks and the entire plate is slightly bent giving a curved profile. It measures 38.79mm in width, 17.34mm in height, 2.87mm in thickness, and weighs 4.08g.A near identical parallel for this buckle is recorded on the PAS database from Hampshire (HAMP-BF1972). This is interpreted as a possible spur buckle due to similarities in shape with the typical Post-Medieval spur buckles and dated to the 16th or 17th centuries AD. A similar date might be suggested for the current example.
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