HAMP-849A45: Medieval single-looped buckle frame

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BUCKLE

Unique ID: HAMP-849A45

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A corroded and incomplete medieval cast copper-alloy single-looped buckle frame. The curved outer edge is constricted at its centre for an extant sheet roller. The thickness at the outer edge of 3.8mm tapers to 1.5mm at the attachment end. There is a moulding at the extant end of the pin bar; the other end and the bar itself have been lost. The frame is bevelled externally on the upper surface; the lower surface is flat and plain. The artefact has corroded to an orange-brown colour with patches of light/mid-green corrosion product.

Class: single-looped

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 16.4 mm
Width: 24.3 mm
Thickness: 7.15 mm
Weight: 3.81 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 14th October 2009

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: E2770

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: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: Hambledon (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU6514
Four figure Latitude: 50.921806
Four figure longitude: -1.076617
1:25K map: SU6514
1:10K map: SU61SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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Recording Institution: HAMP
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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