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BUCKLE

Unique ID: ESS-045737

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete, copper alloy single-looped buckle dating to the Medieval period (c.1250 -c.1500 AD). The frame is 'D'-shaped in plan with a straight strap bar and curved outer edge. The strap bar is narrowed and offset from the rest of the slightly thickened frame. It has a pitted grey-green patina. The pin is missing.

It measures 14.5mm in length, 12.5mm in width, 1.9mm in thickness and weighs 0.89g.

Similar buckles have been published and dated by Whitehead, R (2003, 'Buckles 1250-1800', Greenlight Publishing, Witham) to between 1250 and 1500 AD.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 14.5 mm
Width: 12.5 mm
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 0.89 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 2nd November 2012

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: CIMS OEF 7376

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Uttlesford (District)
Parish or ward: Hatfield Broad Oak (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL5616
Four figure Latitude: 51.82085211
Four figure longitude: 0.26202216
1:25K map: TL5616
1:10K map: TL51NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: ESS
Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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