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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-FD48B4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete medieval copper alloy buckle with oval, lipped frame, wire pin and composite rigid plate. The latter has lost both its outer sheets and most of both prongs of the forked spacer. There are profuse file marks on both front and reverse. Cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, 78-82, nos. 322-30. Length more than 35mm. Width of frame 23.5mm. c.1330 - c.1450.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1330
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35 mm
Width: 23.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 5th January 2013 - Saturday 5th January 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: KLMD012013
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Bythorn and Keyston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL0575
Four figure Latitude: 52.363006
Four figure longitude: -0.459434
1:25K map: TL0575
1:10K map: TL07NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. | 1991 | Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991) | London | Stationery Office Books | 78-82 | nos. 322-30 |
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