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BUCKLE
Unique ID: KENT-AA3A94
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A complete post-medieval copper-alloy double-looped buckle frame, both loops identical. Each is oval with a moulded knop at the centre of each outside edge and above and below the narrowed central strap bar. Each decorative knop is a rounded lozenge or diamond shape with a corresponding concavity on the reverse; one projects rather more than the other three. The buckle is worn and the pin is missing. A mostly brown matt surface with some patches of a green verdigris corrosion.
The buckle is 49.91mm long, 37.80mm wide, 5.01mm thick and weighs 10.0g. It is likely to date to 1550-1650 (Whitehead 1996, 62-66, nos. 372 and 401).
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 49.91 mm
Width: 37.8 mm
Thickness: 5.01 mm
Weight: 10 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 14th September 2014
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Tandridge (District)
Parish or ward: Tandridge (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ3649
Four figure Latitude: 51.2240002
Four figure longitude: -0.05380509
1:25K map: TQ3649
1:10K map: TQ34NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 62-66 | 372 or 401 |
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