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BUCKLE

Unique ID: ESS-C0F0D7

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Copper alloy annular buckle dating from the Medieval to Post Medieval periods. The frame is circular, broadly triangular in section with a flat inner side and back and a sloping upper face. The central bar is trapazoidal in section. The upper face of the frame is decorated with diagonal incised lines whilst the central bar and reverse are plain. The pin is missing and the frame has suffered some damage, resulting in each side being bent upwards from the central bar. It measures 46.5mm in diameter, 4.3mm in thickness and weighs 17.28g.

Egan and Pritchard (1991; Dress Accessories c. 1150-1450, HMSO, London) illustrates a similarly decorated buckle, although smaller at 22mm in diameter and in lead-tin (pg. 66, no. 220), which they attribute to being a shoe buckle from an early 15th Century context. Whitehead (2003; Buckles 1250-1800, Greenlight Publishing, Witham, Essex) illustrates similar buckles (pg. 45, nos 252, 254, 255) of copper alloy, although undecorated, which he dates between 1350-1650 AD.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.3 mm
Weight: 17.28 g
Diameter: 46.5 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: CIMS OEF 7381

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Braintree (District)
Parish or ward: Castle Hedingham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL7836
Four figure Latitude: 51.99391735
Four figure longitude: 0.59121668
1:25K map: TL7836
1:10K map: TL73NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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