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Description: | A cast copper-alloy buckle of Medieval date. It is as Meols type C, missing most of he pin due to old breaks. The frame is rectanglar in form with convex sides, expanded rectangular outer edge that is triangular in section, and an offset and narrowed cylindrical bar. Both sides of the frame have two vertical moulded ridges and the front face of the outer edge has single transverse grooves at each end with double grooves either side of a central pin rest. Hinging around the bar is a separately cast copper-alloy pin that is flat, rectangular in form and missing its tip due to old breaks. The entire object measures 16.78mm in width, 17.29mm in length, 3.31mm in thickness, and weighs 2.18g.This buckle frame is identical to an example published from London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991: no. 439). It is of Medieval date, c. 14th century AD. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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