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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy rectangular buckle frame with offset and narrowed bar of Meols Type C and plate of folded sheet type of Medieval date. It is missing the pin and the part of the buckle plate due to old breaks, now worn.It is D-shaped in section with a flat back and expanded rectangular outer edge. The outer edge has a central pin rest with a transverse groove either side. There is a further transverse groove where it meets the frame sides. There are two transverse ribs on each side of the frame. The back face is decorated.Attached to the frame is an undecorated copper-alloy rectangular buckle plate of folded sheet type. The frame end is recessed to accommodate the frame and has a rectangular pin slot. At the attachment end is a separate circular copper-alloy rivet with a flattened round head.This buckle frame measures 17.17mm in length, 21.67mm in width, 3.55mm in thickness. The buckle plate measures 24.84mm in length, 17.59mm in width, 2.68mm in thickness. It has an overall length of 38.94mm, 6.41g in weight.There is a similar example from London (Egan and Prichard, 1991, p. 96, no. 438). | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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