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a post medieval, snake buckle strap fitting
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West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Jack Coulthard, 2013-02-04 10:21:24
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a post medieval, snake buckle strap fitting
Description
English: A cast copper alloy, S shaped belt fastener probably of post medieval date, AD 1550 - 1700. It is zoomorphic, being cast in the form of a snake with a head at each end. The mouths and eyes of the snake heads are clearly defined as are the scales of the body. In the centre of the fastener is a raised, circular collar flanked by leaves. A narrow ridge extends in both directions from this collar on each side of the fastener. A copper alloy ring, not quite closed, is fastened around the mid point of the fastener. The fastener displays a dark brown patina. It is 39.7mm long, 18.3mm wide and 5.7mm thick. It weighs 12.58gm.

Similar buckles are illustrated in Bailey, Detector Finds 3, Greenlight Publishing, 1997, page 21. Other examples can also be found on the database; compare for example references: SWYOR-611CD0, DUR-233437 and SWYOR-5959A7.
Depicted place (County of findspot) North Yorkshire
Date between 1550 and 1700
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 542812
Old ref: SWYOR-F89F93
Filename: PAS_2028_snake.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/414534
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/414534/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/542812
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Object location54° 00′ 58.32″ N, 1° 14′ 10.5″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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