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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SUSS-07F766
Object type certainty: Certain
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A late Medieval to Post Medieval cast copper alloy double loop oval buckle frame with moulded decoration, c. 1450-1650 AD. The buckle frame consists of lipped loops flanked on each side by two groups of moulded oblique ridges and a narrowed strap bar. The pin is missing, although traces of iron corrosion on strap bar and to one side of the buckle frame suggest that it would have been composed of iron. The buckle measures 26.2 mm long, 22.8 mm wide and 3.2 mm thick; it weighs 5 grams.
Whitehead (2003) illustrates similar examples (cf. pp 60-61), which suggest that this frame dates either to a slightly earlier type with serrated or cusped edges (c. 1450-1600 AD) or a related type with more precise moulded decoration (c. 1550-1650 AD). For the closest example, cf. Whitehead 2003, No. 361, dating to c. 1550-1650 AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.2 mm
Width: 22.8 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 5 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Near Ringmer
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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