The Portable Antiquities Scheme
MEDIEVAL BUCKLE
1250
A corroded, incomplete medieval cast copper-alloy single-looped 'D'-shaped buckle frame with folded sheet buckle plate, missing its pin. On the outer edge are two barrel knops with transverse line engraving. The outer edges on the upper and lower surface of the frame is bevelled. The frame is triangular in cross-section. The pin bar is hidden within the folded sheet plate, which is rectangular and undecorated. It contains one in-situ rivet and a second hole for the pin. It measures 28.0mm (length) x 15.5mm (width) x 4.3mm (thickness) and weighs 3.24g.Whitehead broadly dates similar buckles to circa 1250 to 1400 AD (1996, 21).
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