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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SUSS-616B16
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval cast copper alloy single looped buckle frame with pin. The buckle is trapezoidal with a longer outer side and bevelled outer edge. The outer edge is decorated with two pairs of incised diagonal lines flanking the blank centre. The strap bar is narrowed. The pin is probably cut from sheet, it is rectangular in section, looped 270 degrees around the bar and narrows to a point at the end. The frame is 23.2mm long, 13.0mm wide and 2.0mm thick; the pin is 14.2mm long, 1.9mm wide and 1.0mm thick; it weighs 2.17 grams. Whitehead (2003) illustrates a similar example with different incised grooves (p.26, No.127) which he dates to c1300-1500 AD.
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.2 mm
Width: 14.2 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 2.17 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 15th February 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Lewes
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 26 | No.127 |
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