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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SUSS-3EAEA3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy Post Medieval sub-rectangular shoe or knee buckle, c. 1660-c. 1720 AD. The remains of the buckle consist of a drilled frame, which would have held a separate spindle. The frame is decorated on the outer face with moulded decoration including moulded transverse lines and a knop at either end of the spindle bar; a sub-triangular knop projects on the interior side of the outer frame edges. The entire buckle is curved slightly convex to fit more comfortably against the body. The underside is undecorated. Iron corrosion is visible at either spindle hole, suggesting that the spindle itself was made of iron. The frame measures 29.43 mm long, 22.95 mm maximum width at outer projecting edges, 19.06 mm wide at spindle area, 3.67 mm thick and weighs 6.19 grams. Cf. Whitehead 2003, p100.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.43 mm
Width: 22.95 mm
Thickness: 3.67 mm
Weight: 6.19 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd April 2011
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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: Ringmer
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | p100 |
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