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Medieval buckle
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Arwen Wood, 2019-10-03 15:32:54
Title
Medieval buckle
Description
English: A complete copper alloy medieval buckle frame, dating from c. AD 1350-1400. The frame is D shaped, the outer edge widens with the moulded decoration. In the central part of the outer frame there are five raised projections. The frame is rectangular in cross section, flattening slightly at the pin bar. The pin bar is rectangular in cross section, and recessed. There is a worn semi circular section where the pin sat. The pin is missing. The buckle has a dark green patina. It measures 14.9mm in length, 12.9mm in width and weighs 0.87g.

Similar buckles can be seen in Egan and Pritchard 1991, page 73, specifially numbers 297 and 299.

Depicted place (County of findspot) Buckinghamshire
Date between 1350 and 1400
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1350-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindIdentifier: 972517
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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/1075558
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1075558/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/972517
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Object location51° 45′ 25.56″ N, 0° 49′ 24.6″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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current10:37, 1 December 2020Thumbnail for version as of 10:37, 1 December 20202,647 × 1,728 (704 KB) (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, BUC, FindID: 972517-1075558, medieval, page 1381, batch count 24231

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