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Description: | Medieval cast copper alloy buckle with integral plate. The buckle frame is oval in plan and almost flat in section, slightly convex curved on the front face. It is now slightly bent backwards relative to the plate. At the junction between the frame and the sub-rectangular plate is a slight raised line across the front which extends in pointed knops to the top and bottom of the plate. In the centre of the plate adjacent to the frame is a large circular hole. This is a hole for the pin which hinged on the bar between the hole and frame. The plate has slightly concave top and bottom sides that narrow slightly from the frame to the centre then widen again to the plain, square ended terminal. It has a flat back and front. A narrower projection continues from the terminal opposite the frame, this porjections continues to narrow towards the blunt point. This projection is bent forwards 180 degrees on itself but the hook thus formed is squashed to one side. There are two circular attachment holes in the plate, one iadjacent to the pin hole and a second through the centre of the terminal. The entire piece is now 49.9mm long, the frame 16.1mm wide by 2.2mm thick and the plate 10.9mm wide by 1.3mm thick. It weighs 3.66 grams in total.A similar example is illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991: 79) which, along with others mentioned in the text, is described as a possible spur buckle dating from the mid 13th to mid 14th century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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