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BUCKLE
Unique ID: BERK-AE0BF4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy single-loop buckle. The buckle has a recessed and narrowed pin bar (pin missing), a pointed lip with groove for the pin, and a double ridge each side. The reverse of the buckle is plain and flat. This buckle measures 18.05mm long, 20.5mm wide and is 3.8mm thick. It weighs 2.28gms and dates from the later madieval period.
Class: Meols type 9
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.05 mm
Width: 20.5 mm
Thickness: 3.8 mm
Weight: 2.28 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 19th September 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ticket 446
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: Grove (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4091
Four figure Latitude: 51.616412
Four figure longitude: -1.423675
1:25K map: SU4091
1:10K map: SU49SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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