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Description: | A worn cast copper-alloy buckle frame with integral plate of Medieval date, probably a spur buckle. It has a D-shaped frame with two moulded knops on the outer edge of the frame and projecting triangular knops to the side of the bar. At the centre of the join between frame and plate is an oval shaped aperture through which hinges a separately cast flattened triangular copper-alloy pin that has been bent due to post-depositional damage. The integral plate is rectangular in form, flattened D-shaped in section and tapers slightly towards the attachment end, which has a rectangular terminal. At the centre of the terminal and at the centre of the plate close to the pin are circular rivet holes, the one at the attachment end contains a copper-alloy rivet with flattened round head. The entire object measures 46.47mm in length, 14.35mm in width at frame, 1.72mm in thickness, and weighs 3.61g. Similar buckle frames with integral plates are noted from Medieval London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991: nos. 320-321, fig. 48) with a suggested use as spur buckles. These are dated to the 13th or 14th centuries and suggest a similar date for the current example
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