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BUCKLE

Unique ID: DEV-032998

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Medieval copper alloy buckle. The buckle has two oval loops with five double grooves on the outer edge of each loop. The pin is intact. The buckle dates from c. 1450 - 1600 AD. See Whitehead, p60 for similar buckle type (detailed reference below).

Class: double loop

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 30 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 7.72 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: East Hertfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Sawbridgeworth (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL4814
Four figure Latitude: 51.805057
Four figure longitude: 0.145186
1:25K map: TL4814
1:10K map: TL41SE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Whilst metal detecting

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Whitehead, R.	2003	Buckles 1250-1800	Chelmsford	Greenlight Publishing	60

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Recording Institution: DEV
Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 11 years ago

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