NMS-FE7A48: Late Early Medieval to Medieval Buckle

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BUCKLE

Unique ID: NMS-FE7A48

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Incomplete and very distorted Late Saxon/medieval gilt unidentified buckle, ring with opposed projections on outside edge, one with animal-head terminal, the other missing, both originally bent inward to form hook. Opposed notches on reverse set at right-angles to projections contain a separate bar. Distorted 27mm x 19mm. See an example from London (F. Pritchard in Vince (ed.) Aspects of Saxo-Norman London: II (1991) 151-2, fig.3.34 no.107). Other related examples, brooches, 'mounts' and buckles, have been recorded in Norfolk, including from Beeston with Bittering (HER 4084), Coltishall (HER 28860), Ingham (HER 50272), Outwell (HER 41077), Wiveton (HER 25862) and Wymondham (HER 37333). 11th-12th century.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 27 mm
Width: 19 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 23rd November 2013 - Saturday 23rd November 2013

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: KLMD122013

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Wood Walton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL1981
Four figure Latitude: 52.41406357
Four figure longitude: -0.25180351
1:25K map: TL1981
1:10K map: TL18SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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