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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SUR-FD5405
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy Medieval spur buckle with a round frame and integral plate, which has broken across the front rivet hole with the rear portion having been lost. There is a pin hole on the front edge of the frame which is flanked by small pointed lateral projections from the plate. The plate has bevelled sides and traces of gilding. The frame is oval with rounded edges.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.6 mm
Width: 13.3 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 1.96 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Wycombe (District)
Parish or ward: Stokenchurch (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU7893
Four figure Latitude: 51.6304157
Four figure longitude: -0.87448105
1:25K map: SU7893
1:10K map: SU79SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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