HAMP-5ABD64: Medieval 'locking' buckle frame

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BUCKLE

Unique ID: HAMP-5ABD64

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete cast copper-alloy medieval 'locking buckle'. The frame is rectangular in plan with rounded corners. The outer edge is thick (c. 5.8mm), flat and rabbeted (or notched) to accept and secure a U-shaped arm attached to the pin bar: the bar and the arm are both now missing. It also features an incised central logitudinal pin rest. In profile the sides are expanded to receive the off-centred pin bar. The frame has corroded to a red-brown colour with some overlying light green corrosion product. These buckles are well attested in the literature; recent published examples can be found illustrated in Egan 2005 (37-38; refs. 116, 117).

Class: Locking

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1475

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 28.25 mm
Width: 17.45 mm
Thickness: 5.8 mm
Weight: 4.025 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st September 2007

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: E2319

Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
To be known as: Amport CP

Spatial coordinates

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

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Egan, G.	2005	Material Culture in London in an Age Of Transition: Tudor and Stuart period finds c.1450 - c.1700 from excavations at riverside sites in Southwark	London	Museum of London Archaeology Service	37-38	116, 117

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Recording Institution: HAMP
Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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