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BUCKLE

Unique ID: HAMP-E3D47B

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A copper alloy Medieval single oval buckle frame with ornate outer edge, dating to AD 1250-1400. The pin is missing. The frame is small and circular in plan, with a short offset and narrowed strap bar. The outside edge has two prominent lobed knops extending from the frame which flank a narrowed section decorated on both faces with three transverse grooves. One of the knops is further decorated with grooves on one face.

The buckle frame is 22.6mm long from the axis bar to the outer edge, and 19.2mm wide (internal dimensions 12.6mm x 12.6mm). It is 4.0mm thick and weighs 3.09g.

A very similar buckle is illustrated in Whitehead (2003), p.22, no.88, which the author dates to c.1250-1400.

Class: Meols type 10

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by a museum - not a Treasure case

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 22.6 mm
Width: 19.2 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 3.09 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 7th March 1994 - Monday 7th March 1994

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Winchester Collections AY 568
Museum accession number: WINCM: AY 568.1105

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: Cheriton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU5828
Four figure Latitude: 51.04842944
Four figure longitude: -1.17396369
1:25K map: SU5828
1:10K map: SU52NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Whitehead, R.	2003	Buckles 1250-1800	Chelmsford	Greenlight Publishing	22	88

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Recording Institution: HAMP
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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