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BUCKLE
Unique ID: BH-25F2D6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy double-loop asymmetrical buckle of post-Medieval date.
One side of the buckle is 'D-shaped', while the other is roughly rectangular. The two sides are separated by a central axis bar of trapezoidal section, which extends to a knop at each end and has attached iron corrosion from the otherwise missing pin. An angled knop marks each of the four corners of the frame and the straight vertical side has been scalloped. The surfaces of the frame have been silvered or tinned.
Dimensions: 23.4mm long, 18.5mm wide, 2.3mm thick. Weight: 2.89g.
Similar buckles are illustrated by Whitehead, who suggests a late 16th to late 17th century date (1996: 92).
Class: Double-loop asymmetrical
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1575
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.4 mm
Width: 18.5 mm
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight: 2.89 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 22nd April 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 12/61 - 16
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: Thriplow
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 1996 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing |
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