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Medieval buckle
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Arwen Wood, 2017-03-24 10:44:43
Title
Medieval buckle
Description
English: An incomplete copper alloy medieval buckle, dating from c. 1150-1230 AD. The buckle is single looped and has a D shaped frame, which widens on the outer edge, where there are two rounded knops. Between the knops in an incised groove for the pin to sit in, and an incised groove either side. the knops are decorated with incised cross hatching. The cross hatching continues across the the frame to the pin bar, which is slightly recessed. The pin is a piece of copper alloy wire that is wrapped around the pin bar, the pin is broken just after the loop in a worn break. The buckle has a dark green patina. The buckle measures 25.2mm in width, 20.2mm in length, and weighs 4.32g.

The buckle is similar to ones in Egan and Pritchard 1991, page 77. See also Egan (2007) no. 792.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Central Bedfordshire
Date between 1150 and 1230
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1150-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1230-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 838850
Old ref: BUC-4F1D1A
Filename: BUC4F1D1A.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/608350
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/608350/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/838850
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Object location51° 49′ 38.64″ N, 0° 31′ 23.74″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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