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BUCKLE
Unique ID: BH-20E84C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast copper-alloy double loop buckle frame dating from the Medieval to Post Medieval period (c. AD 1350-1650). The two loops, both of which are bent slightly upwards, are oval in shape and D-shaped in cross-section and the pin is missing. The outer edges are flared. The inside edges of the underside are bevelled. The pin bar is sub-triangular in cross-section and narrowed with a raised linear rib at each end. None of the surfaces are decorated. The surfaces have mid-green and patchy light brown patination.
The buckle is 19.98mm in length, 16.62mm in width, 1.96mm thick and weighs 1.37 grams.
See BH-8773AB on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database for a similar buckle.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.98 mm
Width: 16.62 mm
Thickness: 1.96 mm
Weight: 1.37 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 23rd January 2014 - Thursday 23rd January 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Kelshall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL3237
Four figure Latitude: 52.01573301
Four figure longitude: -0.07792469
1:25K map: TL3237
1:10K map: TL33NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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