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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SUSS-BE8815
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy Post Medieval double loop oval buckle, dating from AD c. 1500-1650. The remains of the buckle consist of one of the oval loops, still attached to the strap bar, which is flanked at either end with a small moulded knop; a simple copper alloy wire pin is still attached to the strap bar. One loop is missing.
It measures 14.3mm long,19.1mm wide, 3.1mm thick and weighs 2.58 grams. Whitehead (2003) illustrates a similar buckles p54 which he dates to c.1500-1650 AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.3 mm
Width: 19.1 mm
Thickness: 3.1 mm
Weight: 2.58 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Wealden (District)
Parish or ward: Arlington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ5410
Four figure Latitude: 50.86899534
Four figure longitude: 0.18719943
1:25K map: TQ5410
1:10K map: TQ51SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 0.1 metre square.
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