BUCKLE

Unique ID: SUR-AF2A56

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A fragment of a cast copper alloy buckle frame of Hawkes and Dunning Type IIA of late Roman date to early Medieval date. The buckle was originally of dolphin form. What survives is one side and part of the attachment.

Class: Zoomorphic
Sub class: Hawkes and Dunning Type IIA

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 300
Date to: Circa AD 450

Dimensions and weight

Length: 25.7 mm
Weight: 3.82 g
Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 30th November 2011

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mr David W Williams - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mr David W Williams - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: 12-178

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]

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Spatial metadata

Region: South East And London
County: Kent
District: Gravesham
Parish: Gravesend

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ6872
Four figure Latitude: 51.422115 Four figure longitude: 0.414887
1:25K map: TQ6872
1:10K map: TQ67SE
WOEID: 26346051
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

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

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