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BUCKLE

Unique ID: KENT2218

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

D-shaped double framed buckle. No pin. Angular feature. Front outside edge has an engraved human head, with hair and neck.

Notes:

This record was created before the Portable Antiquities Scheme began using the Central Database. We are aware that this record may fall below our usual standards of recording, and we are working to rectify this.

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: AD 1499

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 23 mm
Width: 17 mm

Personal details

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Iron

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Maidstone (District)
To be known as: KENT BOXLEY

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Unknown
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Unknown

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: KENT
Created: 23 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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