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BUCKLE
Unique ID: BUC-E66005
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy trapezoidal buckle with extravagantly moulded concave sides. There are transverse grooves across the convex ends of the buckle frame and double protrusions either side of the bar. The anchor-shaped chape is present but the pin is missing. A similar buckle has been dated by Whitehead (1996, p98) to the late 17th - early 18th centuries.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Retained by finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1660
Date to: AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.12 mm
Width: 26.19 mm
Thickness: 4.86 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th April 2005
Rally details.
This object was found at Rotary Charity Rally - Brill, Bucks 05
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
To be known as: Brill
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 98, no 612 |
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