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BUCKLE
Unique ID: BH-C3C144
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A badly distorted copper-alloy artefact, Medieval in date and probably representing either an open-frame brooch or an incomplete frame from a single-loop buckle.
The piece takes the form of a strip with a series of moulded subcuboidal turrets along its upper surface. These turrets alternate between two different heights, each of the taller ones having an incuse pellet at the centre of its upper surface. The vertical sides of the piece are flat, as is the underside. A groove extends longitudinally on the outer surface, located a short distance below the bases of the aforementioned turrets. At each end, a narrow, circular-sectioned projection springs from the centre of an otherwise vertical face. The artefact is heavily corroded.
Length: 55.5mm; width of strand: 3.5mm; height of strand: 6.3mm. Weight: 7.39g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 55.5 mm
Height: 6.3 mm
Width: 3.5 mm
Weight: 7.39 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 17th February 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/31 - 18
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Uncertain
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Woburn
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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