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BUCKLE
Unique ID: HAMP-348BE5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy buckle with integral plate, probably of late early-medieval date. The frame is a slightly asymmetrical, elongated D shape with a trefoilate protrusion at the outer edge. The plate is narrower (W.: 13.3mm), with a slightly angled terminal. Adjacent to the frame is a perforation around which the pin would have been looped; the pin is now missing. Towards the terminal is a rivet hole in which the corroded remains of the iron rivet are still in place. The upper surface is decorated with longitudinal incisions parallel to the edges. There is possible further decoration within the field within, now obscured. The buckle has corroded to a red-brown colour with small patches of off-white and light-green corrosion product. Although this is an unusual buckle the redness of the metal could plausibly put the date between 1050 and 1150 AD. The frame has been bent upwards at a shallow angle as a result of old damage.
Class: integral plate
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1050
Date to: Circa AD 1150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.5 mm
Width: 16.2 mm
Thickness: 2.6 mm
Weight: 2.74 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st December 2010 - Friday 31st December 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E3112
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: Exton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU6121
Four figure Latitude: 50.985181
Four figure longitude: -1.132347
1:25K map: SU6121
1:10K map: SU62SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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