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Description: | A cast copper alloy single loop buckle dating to the Medieval period. The buckle has an incomplete decorative integral plate. The object has an oval frame with notched barrel moulding. The plate is rectangular in plan and cross-section. The plate is has two circular rivet holes, one of which contains a circular rivet measuring 5.36mm in diameter. At the rear of the object the spike/point of the rivet projects through the hole. Between the buckle frame and the rivet holes is a third perforation which is slightly off-centre and has an internal diameter of 4.26mm. The pin, which is missing, would have attached through the perforation.The object has a light brown patina in places but is mostly corroded and light green in colour. A similar example is no.205, p35, Whitehead, (2003). It can be dated from c.1250-1400AD. The object has a dark brown patina.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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