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BUCKLE

Unique ID: HAMP-AD242C

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete, broken and bent medieval (1250-1400) copper alloy buckle, perhaps from a spur. It probably originally had an integral plate. The buckle comprises a single oval frame, broken at the strap bar, and fragments of a possible integral plate, including a hole for the pin which is now open. The frame is D-shaped in cross-section, being flat to the reverse, and has decoration in the form of a tri-lobed projection in the centre of the outer edge. There is a small lobed knop either side of the strap bar. The fragment is now 18.1mm long, 14.7mm wide and 1.7mm thick. It weighs 1.03g.

Notes:

The buckle fragment is similar to spur buckles and buckles with decorative integral plates illustrated in Whitehead (2003) pp.33-4, which the author gives a suggested date of 1250-1400. A possible similar example with trefoil decoration on the database is NMS-A495F6.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

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: 18.1 mm
Width: 14.7 mm
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 1.03 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 5th March 2015 - Thursday 5th March 2015

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Winchester Museums Entry Form No. 4258

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

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

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU7150
Four figure Latitude: 51.24476547
Four figure longitude: -0.98420582
1:25K map: SU7150
1:10K map: SU75SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
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	33-4

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

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