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BUCKLE

Unique ID: HAMP-530CD2

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A corroded, partial, small copper-alloy gilded buckle plate of medieval date (12th to 13th century AD). The surviving plate is sub-rectangular in form and would have been of folded sheet construction. The upper surface is decorated with a raised lion passant guardant with head turned backwards within a frame; the tail curves round on itself. The field in which this sits has been stippled using small punching and then gilded, the punching presumably to help reflect light. There are two perforations towards the corners of the attachment end; one rivet survives in situ. The artefact has broken towards possible further rivet holes towards the fold and frame; part of the lion's foreleg is missing as a result. A parallel can be found illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991, 111-112; ref. 500), cf. also HAMP-5733C7, HAMP-EF49D6 on this database. It is feasible that this artefact was made in the later 12th century; the heraldic design is consistent with later Romanesque motifs. The metal is now red-brown, with areas of variable green corrosion product and the gilt mentioned. One corner is bent upwards slightly at the break.

Class: plate

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1175
Date to: Circa AD 1250

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 15.6 mm
Width: 14.5 mm
Thickness: 1.45 mm
Weight: 1.39 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st March 2009 - Tuesday 31st March 2009

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: E2717; 12

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Gilded

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Gillingham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST7927
Four figure Latitude: 51.041966
Four figure longitude: -2.300912
1:25K map: ST7927
1:10K map: ST72NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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	111-112	500

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Recording Institution: HAMP
Created: 13 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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