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BUCKLE
Unique ID: BUC-639D63
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A broken and incomplete copper-alloy medieval oval buckle frame with ornate outer edge (Meols type 8) which is missing its bar and pin. The outside edge has an expansion consisting of four knops, raised and separated by grooves on the upper surface. The sides are internally bevelled. The bar is narrowed and offset from the frame. The sides of the frame have been squashed towards each other. There are possible file marks over a dark grey metal.
The frame now measures 14.74 mm long by 21.22 mm wide; it is 2.67 mm thick and weighs 1.81 g.
A similar buckle can be seen on the database, HAMP-63556A. There is also a similar buckle from London which is published in Egan and Pritchard (1991, 73; fig. 44) no. 302.
Class: Meols type 8
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: 14.74 mm
Width: 21.22 mm
Thickness: 2.67 mm
Weight: 1.81 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 10th June 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
To be known as: Brill area
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. | 1991 | Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991) | London | Stationery Office Books | 73 | 302 |
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