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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SUSS-80DED5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval to Post Medieval cast copper-alloy double-loop annular buckle, missing its pin. The central, integral pin bar is narrowed and recessed, and the outer edge of the buckle is bevelled on the outer side, the inner side and back are flat. There is a transverse indented triangular pin notch in the centre of one side. It is 37.1 by 34.2mm, 3.2mm thick and weighs 7.56 grams. Whitehead (1993, p.44-5) gives similar buckles a broad date range of mid 14th to mid 17th century AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.1 mm
Width: 34.2 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 7.56 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 16th April 2010
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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: West Sussex (County)
District: Arun (District)
To be known as: Patching
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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