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BUCKLE
Unique ID: BERK-EDCF14
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy D-shaped buckle with separate spindle and chape plate, dating to the post-medieval period and probably from a spur. The silver appearance of the buckle is due to tinning, or a high tin content in the copper alloy. The chape plate would have terminated in a curved hook that looped through and secured the spur arm. An almost complete spur with the same tinning to the metal was found nearby and has been recorded separately (BERK-EDAC66). It is likely they are part of the same object. No other details recorded.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 6th October 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: No number given
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Ewelme (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU6491
Four figure Latitude: 51.614199
Four figure longitude: -1.077081
1:25K map: SU6491
1:10K map: SU69SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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