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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SUR-9A888C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy single loop kidney shaped buckle dating to the Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval Period. The front edge is concave and the frame is decorated with transverse oblique incised lines.
Notes:
See also SUSS-91A136; NLM-EB9BE6; SOM-BA34D2. As Whitehead (2016) p24 number 115.
Class: Cassels type 1.11C
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.5 mm
Width: 38.9 mm
Thickness: 2.6 mm
Weight: 5.4 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: West Meon (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU6423
Four figure Latitude: 51.00283812
Four figure longitude: -1.08926149
1:25K map: SU6423
1:10K map: SU62SW
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing |
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