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BUCKLE
Unique ID: HAMP-18DCD5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle of probably post-medieval date with pin and plate attached. The frame is formed of two conjoined ovals such that the sides incurve. The frame is bevelled both internally and externally on the upper surface and on the pin bar; the lower surface is flat. The pin bar thus has a trapezoidal cross-section with the pin still attached (L.: 18.7mm), and with the sheet plate looped around it. The pin is of thick wire construction and has been bent to one side following old damage. It has corroded to a dull red/brown colour.
The plate is formed of a single sub-rectangular sheet folded over itself and riveted together at the attachment end by an iron rivet; only the head and terminal of which remain corroded in the perforations. It is basic and plain and has been distorted following old damage. The frame now has a mid-red/brown colour and has patches of off-white corrosion product; the plate is darker. The frame measures 29.5mm by 29.2mm; the plate is 20.7mm by 14.2mm.
Class: double-looped
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.5 mm
Width: 29.2 mm
Thickness: 2.1 mm
Weight: 6.16 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E3269
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: Chilcomb (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5029
Four figure Latitude: 51.058171
Four figure longitude: -1.287942
1:25K map: SU5029
1:10K map: SU52NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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