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BUCKLE
Unique ID: BH-C40F74
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval copper-alloy single-loop buckle.
The frame is trapezoidal, its rectangular-sectioned sides flaring towards the expanded outer side. A moulded pin rest occupies the centre of this outer side, flanked by two transverse grooves which extend to the underside, where they converge, crossing over at their distal ends. The subrectangular plate has been folded double around the circular-sectioned axis bar; this plate is straight-sided and its width decreases towards the non-frame end, where the two sides are held together by a copper-alloy rivet. At the frame end, the now-missing pin would have been attached via a central slit in the plate.
Length: 45.6mm; width: 15.6mm; thickness: 3.5mm. Weight: 5.18g.
Similar buckles were found at Meols, Merseyside, where they were dated to the late 14th century (Egan, in Griffiths et al. 2007: 98/Pl. 16, cf nos. 682 and 704).
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: 45.6 mm
Width: 15.6 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 5.18 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 18th November 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/31 - 20
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
District: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Newton Blossomville
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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