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Description: | A cast copper alloy Medieval buckle, c. 1200-1500. The buckle consists of an integrally-cast buckle D-shaped frame and symmetrical plate. The buckle plate has a tri-lobed symmetrical end to the plate with three circular rivet holes running vertically up the middle of the plate to the buckle; two of the three circular rivets are intact. The reverse surface is undecorated, but the buckle frame has a bevelled edge and the plate is recessed slightly on the reverse surface. The two remaining rivets protrude through the reverse of the plate. The entire object has a deep reddish-brown colour and measures 37.5 mm long, 22 mm wide at buckle frame, 18.6 mm wide at tri-lobed end and is 2.4 mm thick at the plate. The rivets are approximately 3.6 mm in diameter and the most complete rivet measures 6 mm long. The buckle weighs 7 grams. A similar example has been recorded on the PAS database as record: ESS-EEF1F3 and a similar yet different buckle from Sussex: SUSS-9C4178. Although an exact parallel has not been found, this type of buckle is very similar in style to spur buckles which generally date from c. 1250-1500 AD; cf. Whitehead 2003, pp 32-35.
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