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BUCKLE
Unique ID: BUC-A49B55
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy single looped oval buckle frame with ornate outside edge, typically of late 12th to late 14th Centuries AD. It consists of a oval frame, with an narrow offset bar, with a recess for the leather strap. The pin is missing. The front of the buckle has moulded decoration, along the outside edge, the reverse is flat and undecorated.
Class: Copper
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Retained by Finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1150
Date to: AD 1350
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 28.9 mm
Thickness: 3.34 mm
Weight: 3.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st September 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: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
District: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Hanslope RF1
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