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KENT-9E3254: KENT-9E3254: Early Medeival Buckle Pin (Front)

Rights Holder: Kent County Council
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BUCKLE

Unique ID: KENT-9E3254

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

Early Medieval 'shield-on-tongue' buckle tongue of 6th to 7th century AD date. Cast in copper alloy, the tongue is shield shaped at the attachment end, the reverse of which has a trace of the attachment lug. The tongue then extends towards the hooked end, with a slight depression on the upper surface just before the end. The tongue has a dark green patina and a slightly pitted surface. It is 35.33mm long, 12.3mm wide and 7.47mm thick.

Class: Tongue

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 520
Date to: Circa AD 670

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 35.33 mm
Width: 12.3 mm
Thickness: 7.47 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 11th November 2006

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

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Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Maidstone (District)
Parish or ward: Thurnham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ8057
Four figure Latitude: 51.283696
Four figure longitude: 0.579714
1:25K map: TQ8057
1:10K map: TQ85NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: KENT
Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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