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BUCKLE
Unique ID: HAMP-E954A3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy single-looped medieval buckle with ornate outside edge. The oval frame's expanded outer edge is expanded and has been decorated with three veritcal incisions and two horizontal incisions forming a cross hatch design. The pin bar is offset and narrowed, the pin is missing. The buckle has corroded to a dark-grey colour with some patches of off-white corrosion product. A similar example can be found illustrated in Whitehead (1996 page 22)
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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: 15.35 mm
Width: 15.25 mm
Thickness: 2.25 mm
Weight: 1.42 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 7th September 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E3276
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: Basingstoke and Deane (District)
Parish or ward: Whitchurch (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4451
Four figure Latitude: 51.256473
Four figure longitude: -1.370864
1:25K map: SU4451
1:10K map: SU45SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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