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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SUSS-42A4D4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval cast copper alloy single looped buckle with integral plate. The frame is oval with a slight expansion into a pointed pin rest with transverse incised line at the middle of the outer edge. The integral plate is sub- rectangularin plan with a slight taper from the loop end towards the strap end. It is trapizoid in section witha wider back than front and bevelled sides. It has a hole near the frame loop for the pin to loop through and two for rivets, one near the centre and one at the strap end. All three are filled with iron corrosion suggesting the pin and rivets were iron. It is 48.7mm long, 19.4mm wide, 4.4mm thick and weighs 10.35 grams.
Whitehead (2003) illustrates a similar buckle (page 33, No.186) which he dates to c.1250-1400 AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48.7 mm
Width: 19.4 mm
Thickness: 4.4 mm
Weight: 10.35 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 7th April 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Chichester (District)
To be known as: Chichester district
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 33 | 186 |
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