Record ID: HAMP-632506 - MEDIEVAL buckle

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BUCKLE

Unique ID: HAMP-632506

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Medieval single-looped buckle frame

A cast copper-alloy single-looped medieval buckle frame with ornate outside edge. As a buckle this is an incomplete example in so far as it is missing its pin and plate. The frame's large outer edge has knopped ends which travel slightly outwards. On the upper surface, between the knops, are three deep transverse grooves, delineating two equal ridges; the pin would have sat between these latter. The pin bar opposite is offset and, on the upper surface, narrowed. The frame is bevelled both internally and externally on the upper surface. The lower surface is broadly flat except for bevelling internally on the outer edge. The two ridges on the outer edge are 'decorated' with occasional diagonally incised lines; on one they overlap in a cross-hatching. The buckle has a dark-green patina. In London similar buckles have been found in contexts dating from the 13th and 14th centuries. Duly, a wide date range is offered for this example.

Class: single-looped

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Length: 17.15 mm
Width: 20.4 mm
Thickness: 2.65 mm
Weight: 1.7 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: Hampshire
District: Basingstoke And Deane
To be known as: Upton Grey CP

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mr Robert Webley - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mr Robert Webley - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: E3129

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