KENT-1489D3: Kent-1489D3. Post Medieval. Buckle. Small double loop rectangular buckle. Front view.

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BUCKLE

Unique ID: KENT-1489D3

Object type certainty: Certain
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1570-1700. Copper alloy, cast, very small double loop rectangular buckle. Length 19mm, Width 11.5mm, Thickness 2mm, Weight 1.2g. Small lobed knop at either end of the strap bar. The outside edges are rounded but the inside are bevelled. There is a small rusty stain in the centre of the strap bar from a once iron tongue. There are also traces of tinning on the surface and a grey/green patina but some areas of surface corrosion. Ref. Buckles 1250-1800, Ross Whitehead, Greenlight Publishing 1996, page 74-75 No. 465 and page 82 No. 507 & 509.

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1570
Date to: AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 19 mm
Width: 11.5 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 1.2 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 6th December 2009

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated

Spatial metadata

County or Unitary authority: Medway (Unitary Authority)
District: Medway (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Frindsbury Extra (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ7371
Four figure Latitude: 51.41162908
Four figure longitude: 0.48624068
1:25K map: TQ7371
1:10K map: TQ77SW
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	74-75, 82	465, 507 & 509

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

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