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BUCKLE
Unique ID: BH-64D5D3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy frame from a Medieval (probably 13th to 14th century) single-loop buckle.
The frame is rectangular in plan, the width being significantly greater than the length. The axis bar is flattened-oval in section and has, at a narrower central 'waist', adhering iron corrosion from the otherwise missing pin. The other sides are wider, of thin section and have flat surfaces. The decoration on the upper surface consists of a line of punched ring-and-dot marks between two lines of intermittent, irregular rocker-arm decoration. The frame has a dark green patina and little corrosion. It measures 16.7mm long, 37.5mm wide and 2mm thick. It weighs 5.7g.
Class: Single-loop
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.7 mm
Width: 37.5 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 5.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 24th October 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 10/166 - 9
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: Wycombe (District)
To be known as: Radnage
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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