NARC-08EC72: Medieval rectangular buckle

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BUCKLE

Unique ID: NARC-08EC72

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Medieval buckle, copper-alloy, rectangular type. Pin intact, and moves freely over frame. Shallow notch for pin in side of frame.

Class: Meols type A

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 5.7 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 25th April 2008

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast

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
Egan, G. and Pritchard, F.	1991	Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991)	London	Stationery Office Books
Griffiths, D., Philpott. R. and Egan, G.	2007	Meols: The Archaeology of the North West Wirral Coast	Oxford	Oxford University School of Archaeology
Whitehead, R.	2003	Buckles 1250-1800	Chelmsford	Greenlight Publishing

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Recording Institution: NARC
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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