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BUCKLE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-EDE9D2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete late Medieval cast, copper-alloy buckle with composite plate c. 1350 – 1450.
Description: Originally a D-shaped frame (now damaged and distorted) with a notched lip on the front edge, curved sides and a slightly narrowed and recessed strap bar. The plate is formed from a single piece of 0.5mm thick, rectangular copper-alloy sheet that has been bent back on itself through 180 degrees. There is a central slot for the pin as it wraps around the strap bar and a central securing rivet still in place at the other end of the plate. The buckle has an even green patina.
Measurements: Length – 21.1mm, width - 16.2mm, thickness – 2.6mm and weight 1.6g
Discussion: A similar buckle is dated to c.1350-1450 at : Ross Whitehead, Buckles 1250-1800, Page 21, no 75. Similar buckles are also illustrated in Moels (2007).
Class: Buckle Plate
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.1 mm
Width: 16.2 mm
Thickness: 2.6 mm
Weight: 1.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 31st August 2020
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
To be known as: Sandwich
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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 | 91, plate 14 | 566, 569 | |
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 21 | 75 |
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