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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SUR-1DB5C3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy buckle of medieval (c. 12th-13th century) date. The frame is oval, with a pointed knop extending from the front edge. This may be zoomorphic in form, however surface loss from corrosion makes this unclear. The rear edge of the frame has a pin hole, infilled with the rusted remnants of an iron pin and flanked by small pointed knops. There is a constricted neck between the frame and the body of the plate with concave sides; behind this the plate is sub rectangular, with a single rivet hole on the (now broken) rear edge and a trapezoidal panel of moulded decoration in the middle. The nature of the decoration is unclear due to corrosion. The reverse of the plate has a lip to accomodate the strap and the seperate rear plate, now missing.
Notes:
Recorded from details emailed by the finder.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.55 mm
Width: 18.52 mm
Thickness: 4.25 mm
Weight: 8.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 27th March 2022
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Chitterne (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST9944
Four figure Latitude: 51.19521815
Four figure longitude: -2.015692
1:25K map: ST9944
1:10K map: ST94SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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