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SUR-2E4953: Post medieval: buckle

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BUCKLE

Unique ID: SUR-2E4953

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

A large copper alloy double frame buckle of probable 16th to early 17th century date. The buckle has ornate outer edges and knobbed corner projections.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Exactly AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 37.75 mm
Width: 30.52 mm
Weight: 6.74 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: B13-320

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata


County or Unitary authority: Reading (Unitary Authority)
District: Reading (Unitary Authority)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU6872
Four figure Latitude: 51.442919
Four figure longitude: -1.022983
1:25K map: SU6872
1:10K map: SU67SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

No references cited so far.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SUR
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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