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BUCKLE
Unique ID: BH-6E1C77
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy single-loop buckle, dating from the Medieval period.
The frame is roughly 'D-shaped', the sides flaring outwards from the axis bar, then curving inwards to form the outer side, at the centre of which is an outward-pointing pin rest with transverse groove. The rectangular upper side of the plate remains, with parts of two folded tabs at the frame end, which would have joined it to the now-missing back plate. At the opposite end of the plate, there are two rivet holes, one on either corner.
Length: 23.9mm; width: 20.9mm; thickness: 2mm; weight: 1.46g.
Similar buckles were found at Meols, Merseyside (Egan in Griffiths et al 2007: 88, Type 4), where they were assigned to the late 14th century.
Class: Single-loop
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.9 mm
Width: 20.9 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 1.46 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st November 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 13/155 - 42
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Streatley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffiths, D., Philpott. R. and Egan, G. | 2007 | Meols: The Archaeology of the North West Wirral Coast | Oxford | Oxford University School of Archaeology |
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