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Description: | Medieval copper alloy buckle frame with pin similar to Meols Type 7. The frame is D-shaped with an offset strap bar the ends of which are marked off from the rest of the frame by indented transverse lines. The frame is relatively flatm, thinning from the inside edge to the outside edge on both the top and bottom sides. The outer side is widened and thinned in the centre with a convex inner edge creating an oval centre. The frame is 18.1mm long excluding the pin, 23.1mm wide, 2.3mm thick at the strap bar, 1.5mm thick at the centre of the outside edge.The pin is also copper alloy but has corrosded to a redder shade suggesting it is a different alloy. It is formed of a thin strip of copper alloy sheet wrapped around the strap bar at one end and even in width until it narrows to the slightly rounded point. the pin is 15.5mm long by 1.9mm wide. The entire piece weighs 2.30 grams.The frame is similar to Meols Type 7 with the convex inner edge to the outer side however the strap bar is not recessed on this example, Egan (2007:89) suggest a 13th-14th century date for this group. The offset strap bar is more similar to Meols Type 2 which has a late 13th to early 14th century date (ibid:88)
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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