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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SUR-ED53B6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a cast copper alloy late Medieval double looped buckle frame. The loops are trapezoidal with convex sides moulded trefoil knops at the corners. The frame has a sub-rounded cross section.and is decorated with incised herringbone decoration along its facing side.
Notes:
As Egan and Pritchard (2002), p 103, number 471 and Saunders et al (2012), p128, number 99.
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Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 51.2 mm
Width: 35.4 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 8.65 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
District: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Castlethorpe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP8044
Four figure Latitude: 52.08857762
Four figure longitude: -0.83380041
1:25K map: SP8044
1:10K map: SP84SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. | 2002 | Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London) (2002) | London | HMSO | |||
| Saunders, P. | 2012 | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Catalogue Part 4 | Salisbury | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum |
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