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BUCKLE
Unique ID: BH-1CC8F6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Just over half of a copper-alloy double-loop buckle, dating from the post-Medieval period.
The intact half of the frame has straight horizontal sides and a wider, pointed pin rest. The axis bar is of rectangular section, with a projecting knop at either end; the rest of the frame is of flat section but has bevelled outer edges. Only a small fragment of the other half of the frame remains. The buckle has a silvery appearance, indicative of a high lead-tin content or a white metal coating.
Dimensions: 28.6mm long, 22mm wide, 2.4mm thick. Weight: 4g.
Similar buckles are illustrated by Whitehead (1996: 82), who dates them to the 17th century.
Class: Double-loop
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.6 mm
Width: 22 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st November 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 13/155 - 70
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Ashwell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
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 |
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