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BUCKLE

Unique ID: NARC-08E894

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A cast copper-alloy Double-loop asymmetrical buckle of probable late 16th to late 17th/early 18th century date (see Whitehead 1996, no. 593). One side of the frame is D-shaped and the other side is trapezoidal. Extending outwards from the centre of the D-shaped side is a comlex geometric/foliate openwork projection, forming an ornate pin-rest. The buckle's upper surfaces are angled downwards and outwards and the underside is flat. The buckle measures 35mm in length and 9mm in width. It weighs 3.35g.

Class: Double-loop asymmetrical

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1575
Date to: Circa AD 1725

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 35 mm
Width: 9 mm
Weight: 3.35 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 7th April 2008

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast

Surface Treatment: Gilded

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Parish or ward: Norton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP6163
Four figure Latitude: 52.261791
Four figure longitude: -1.107656
1:25K map: SP6163
1:10K map: SP66SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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	92	no.593

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Recording Institution: NARC
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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