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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SUR-243694
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A large late Roman plain cast copper alloy buckle frame with an integral triangular plate. The ensemble measures 67.83mm and is 35.52mm wide. One of the two surviving rivets measures 7.82 in length. The frame is wide and forms an oval. The triangular plate ends in a circular terminal which is pierced for a rivet. Two other rivets penetrate the plate adjacent to the missing pin which was of iron.
Notes:
Buckles such as this are regarded as being a late Roman military type and date to the latter half of the 4th century.
Class: Triangular plate
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 350
Date to: Exactly AD 450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 67.63 mm
Width: 35.52 mm
Thickness: 3.23 mm
Weight: 23.83 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 14-559
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Elmbridge (District)
Parish or ward: Weybridge North (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ0762
Four figure Latitude: 51.34701886
Four figure longitude: -0.46502581
1:25K map: TQ0762
1:10K map: TQ06SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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