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BUCKLE
Unique ID: BH-0EF8FC
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy double-loop buckle with separate axis bar, dating from the post-Medieval period.
The frame is roughly rectangular, curving downwards either side of the central axis bar. This axis bar, which is of iron, sits within two opposing holes in the frame. A copper-alloy tongue and central pin have been sleeved over the bar. The maker's mark, 'SG' or 'SC', has been stamped on the underside of the tongue. Each of the two horizontal sides of the frame is largely occupied by an elliptical moulding with recessed upper surface. A series of transverse grooves has been used to create a ropework effect on each of the two vertical sides of the frame, with a number of pointed projections outside this.
Length: 43.7mm; width: 31mm; thickness: 4.5mm. Weight: 13.5g.
Similar buckles are illustrated by Whitehead, who suggests they date from the late 17th to early 18th centuries (1996: 96 - 101).
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 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.7 mm
Width: 31 mm
Thickness: 4.5 mm
Weight: 13.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/15 - 4
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Barley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From 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 |
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