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BUCKLE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-D95783
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Medieval cast copper-alloy single-loop buckle (c. AD 1300-1500). The frame is trapezoidal in plan, convex at the front and flat at the rear. Broadly similar trapezoidal buckles have been published and dated c. 1300-1500 (Whitehead 1996: 26).
Sub class: Trapezoidal
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.6 mm
Width: 21 mm
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 3.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 28th October 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Maidstone (District)
To be known as: Barming
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | No 170 |
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