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BUCKLE

Unique ID: SUSS-E4D9C7

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Post medieval cast copper alloy stud chape from a buckle. The chape was attached to the iron spindle from a drilled frame shoe or knee buckle. One of the tubes through which the spindle ran survives, the other is lost. The chape is a flat plate, 28.2mm long and 2.2mm thick; from the spindle it expands slightily to 14.2mm then curved inwards to 6.7mm and the back out to an oval terminal 9.1mm wide. A stud progects from the terminal consisting of a circular stem topped by a domed circular head; it is 5.7mm tall and the head is 9.1mm in diameter. The entire piece weighs 5.12 grams. Whitehead (2003) page 96-7 suggests this form of chape was predominently used on shoe or knee buckles from c.1660-1720.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1720

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 33.7 mm
Width: 14.2 mm
Thickness: 6.3 mm
Weight: 5.12 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st March 2008

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Wealden (District)
Parish or ward: Little Horsted (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ4619
Four figure Latitude: 50.951948
Four figure longitude: 0.077187
1:25K map: TQ4619
1:10K map: TQ41NE
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
Whitehead, R.	2003	Buckles 1250-1800	Chelmsford	Greenlight Publishing	96-7

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Recording Institution: SUSS
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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