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BUCKLE
Unique ID: KENT-8D4E59
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a Post Medieval copper alloy Buckle of 1500-1600 date. The fragment represents one corner of a rectangular buckle; it is flat in cross section. The rest of the frame and pin bar have been broken away by an old break. The frame is decorated all over the surface with foliate designs and openwork. A similar example can be seen in Whitehead (1996) page 79 ref. 491.
The fragment is 30.5mm long, 18.6mm wide, 2.9mm thick and weighs 4.76 grams.
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.5 mm
Width: 18.6 mm
Thickness: 2.9 mm
Weight: 4.76 g
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
Parish or ward: St. Margaret's At Cliffe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR3445
Four figure Latitude: 51.15637706
Four figure longitude: 1.34496379
1:25K map: TR3445
1:10K map: TR34NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 79 | 491 |
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