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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SUR-ADF8B8
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A late medieval rectangular cast copper alloy buckle with a central (now partially surviving) dividing bar. Each outer edge has a series of five half round projections. The voids between these projections are spanned by two pairs of separate copper alloy wires and there are also short lengths of wire inserted into shallow grooves on the surface of each projection. A number of similar buckles have been recorded (cf WILT-B2D185, Egan and Pritchard no.443, Margeson no.154.). It has been suggested that the voids between the projection each contained an insert made from a perishable material such as bone or wood.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: Include in MedArch
Class: Cassels type 1.8G
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.08 mm
Width: 27.04 mm
Thickness: 8.4 mm
Weight: 14.38 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 17th August 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B14-410
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Cuddesdon and Denton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP6003
Four figure Latitude: 51.72252131
Four figure longitude: -1.13278676
1:25K map: SP6003
1:10K map: SP60SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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