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BUCKLE
Unique ID: KENT62
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Ovate shoe buckle composed of 10 conjoined, convex roundels, settings for past (no longer present)
Notes:
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Class:
shoe
Sub class: Ovate
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st April 1998
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Glass
Manufacture method: Cast
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Canterbury (District)
To be known as: KENT THANINGTON WITHOUT
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: The field has produced masses of Napoleonic military buttons, Irish militia, 11th, 13th and 21st Light Dragoons, therefore possibly a site used for the burning of military uniforms
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Unknown
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | p. 97, no. 603 |
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