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BUCKLE
Unique ID: KENT-8799D1
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy trapezoidal buckle frame with offset and narrowed bar of Medieval date, c. AD 1300-1400. It is missing the pin.
It is rectangular in section with an expanded outer edge. On the front face of the outer edge is a rectangular pin groove. The back face is undecorated.
This buckle measures 25.7mm long, 23.3mm wide, 2.8mm thick and weighs 4.30 grams.
There is a similar example from London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991, p. 101, no. 462).
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 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.7 mm
Width: 23.3 mm
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Weight: 4.3 g
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Ashford (District)
Parish or ward: Great Chart with Singleton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ9740
Four figure Latitude: 51.12539807
Four figure longitude: 0.81385655
1:25K map: TQ9740
1:10K map: TQ94SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. | 1991 | Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991) | London | Stationery Office Books |
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