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BUCKLE
Unique ID: HAMP-B08308
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy medieval single-looped buckle with integral plate. The frame is of oval form with a notched lip. A small rounded protrusion extends into the frame at the plate end. Iron corrosion product remains in the piercing at this point - the remnant of the pin. The integral plate is broadly rectangular, tapering slightly towards the attachment end. It features a pair of fairly evenly spaces holes; neither rivet remains. This artefact has corroded to a dark red-brown colour with areas of mid-green patina surviving in places. The attachment end has been bent upwards slightly in profile and the frame has been struck down to one side, both as a result of old damage. A similar buckle can be found in Whitehead (1996, 33; ref. 186).
Class:
single-looped
Sub class: integral plate
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45.1 mm
Width: 20.4 mm
Thickness: 4.8 mm
Weight: 5.88 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st September 2010 - Tuesday 30th November 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E3150
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: Test Valley (District)
To be known as: Amport CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 33 | 186 |
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