Rights Holder: Sussex Archaeological Society
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Unique ID: SUSS-5B4903
Object type certainty: Certain
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A cast copper-alloy sub-rectangular, double looped buckle frame. The buckle frame and strap bar survive intact. The wire pin is present. The buckle is 20.9mm long by 18.3mm wide and 2.7mm thick. It weighs 2,4grams. These buckles date from circa 1570-1700. Similar types of buckles can be seen in Whitehead (2003), p75.
Notes:
Description compiled from photograph.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1570
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.9 mm
Width: 18.3 mm
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 2.4 g
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 25th August 2007
This object was found at Firle Rally 4
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Other reference: Firle Rally 2007 223, FIV -99
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 75 |