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Description: | A lead-alloy buckle plate of probable Late Medieval date.The plate is of solid construction and has been made in one piece. The upper side of the plate would originally have been rectangular but has been damaged at its corners. Its upper surface bears a cast design in which a central saltire - formed of two ridges and a central groove - delineates four triangular panels, each containing a five-petalled ornament. At the frame end, one side of the fold survives, as does a portion of the central pin slot. Also within the upper plate is a single surviving rivet hole, located at one of the corners furthest from the frame end. The lower plate is much smaller than the upper one and has rough edges. The two sides of the plate have been pressed tightly together which, in addition to the lack of rivet holes at the frame end, suggests that the strap was not contained between the plates but, instead, occupied the small area adjacent to the back edge of the lower plate.The artefact measures 30.1mm long, 23.2mm wide and 6.6mm thick. The weight is 9.97g.Similar (albeit hollow-ended) lead/tin buckles bearing cast foliate designs were found in excavations in London, in layers dating from the early 15th century (see Egan and Pritchard 1991: 104-105).
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