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BUCKLE

Unique ID: SUR-CB194A

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A medieval cast copper alloy buckle with a rectangular frame with a wide outer edge which has a pin seat with two grooves. The buckle has a plain tapering sheet plate with a single rivet hole at the terminal. The rivet hole now has a narrow wire loop in situ, presumably a repair. Cf. Egan and Pritchard, Dress Accessories nos. 434-436.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1350

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 42.22 mm
Width: 11.95 mm
Weight: 2.34 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: B14-511

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Ipsden (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU6685
Four figure Latitude: 51.5600284
Four figure longitude: -1.04932697
1:25K map: SU6685
1:10K map: SU68NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Egan, G. and Pritchard, F.	1991	Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991)	London	Stationery Office Books		434-6

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Recording Institution: SUR
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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