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BUCKLE
Unique ID: BUC-CC3543
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Cast copper-alloy pin from a large circular buckle. The loop is open but apparently complete, with a tapering end. There is a worn raised panel at the junction of loop and shaft whichhas a single transverse groove above a longitudinal arris. The shaft is rectangular in cross-section and is now slightly bent
Compare the pin from IOW-13B7B1. Similar pins are found on large annular buckles from Salisbury (Goodall in Saunders ed 2012, nos. 20-22) which appear to date from the late 14th century.
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Description completed from photo.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.59 mm
Width: 11.28 mm
Thickness: 3.4 mm
Weight: 3.22 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 2nd December 2009
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
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