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BUCKLE
Unique ID: HAMP-25E8B3
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy post-medieval shoe or knee buckle. The buckle is rectangular in plan with rounded corners. It is bevelled externally on the upper surface and rabetted at the outer edge. The bevelling is echoed internally on the lower surface. There is a elongated 'C'-shaped moulding on the upper surface along the longer sides and extending into the internal side of the outer edge, terminating in a curl. Central expansions on the longer sides have been drilled to take the separate pin bar. This latter survives in situ; being made of iron it is highly corroded. There are further traces of orange-brown corrosion product on the internal sides of the outer edges on both surfaces cause by the (missing) chape. The buckle is curved in profile, mimicking the curve of the object to which it was attached. The frame itself retains some of its tinning; it is otherwise covered in patches of off-white corrosion product. Similar buckles can be found illustrated in Whitehead (1996, 102).
Class: shoe or knee
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1690
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.55 mm
Height: 8.5 mm
Width: 27.35 mm
Thickness: 3.25 mm
Weight: 8.12 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 8th March 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E2845; 329
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: Hampshire (County)
District: East Hampshire (District)
To be known as: Medstead CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
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 | 102 |
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