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BUCKLE
Unique ID: ESS-C5C3C2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A incomplete, cast copper alloy buckle dating to the Post Medieval period. The buckle is double looped with an oval loop either side of the strap bar. The frame is 'D' shaped in section and the strap bar is circular. There are pointed knops at either end of the strap bar. The pin is missing and the remaining buckle has a dark brown patina. The buckle measures 27.6mm in length, 23.0mm in width, 1.8mm in thickness and weighs 2.2g.
Whitehead (2003, pg. 54) illustrates similar buckles, e.g. 304-307, which he dates to between 1500-1650 AD.
Class: Double looped
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 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.6 mm
Width: 23 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 2.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 25th September 2005
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: CIMS OEF 7376
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Uttlesford (District)
Parish or ward: White Roothing (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL5613
Four figure Latitude: 51.79390017
Four figure longitude: 0.26067297
1:25K map: TL5613
1:10K map: TL51SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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