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BUCKLE
Unique ID: HAMP-800B46
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A corroded and slightly damaged copper-alloy single-looped buckle frame of medieval date. The frame is oval with a narrow and offset bar; the pin is missing. Flat on its lower surface, the outer edge is thick and bevelled externally. The upper surface of the outer edge is decorated with a symmetrical scrolled foliate pattern moulded in low relief; this extends in curves along the sides. At the centre of the internal side of the upper surface, where the scrolling is addorsed, is a triangular nick that acts as a pin rest. The buckle is a corroded red-brown colour with patches of a dark-green patina and patches of off-white corrosion product. This is consistent with gilding although no gilt survives. As well as the loss of the pin, the pin bar has been bent downwards around its centre as a result of old damage.
Class: single-looped
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: 19.6 mm
Width: 12.55 mm
Thickness: 2.95 mm
Weight: 1.89 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st September 2011
Rally details.
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - Somerton (01/09/11)
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E3182
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Cherwell (District)
Parish or ward: Somerton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP5128
Four figure Latitude: 51.948165
Four figure longitude: -1.259389
1:25K map: SP5128
1:10K map: SP52NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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