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BUCKLE
Unique ID: KENT-58E0F7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy Anglo-Saxon buckle frame dating to the Early Medieval period AD c. 450 - 600, Marzinzik Type 1.5, (2003, 306). The frame is 'D'-shaped with a narrowed, vertical offset strap bar. The front of the frame is convex and the interior circumference of the frame is bevelled. The reverse of the frame is flat and undecorated and the overall buckle is incomplete as the pin and plate are missing. The frame measures 21.8 mm in length, 14.4 mm wide, 3.3 mm thick and weighs 3.37 g. A number of comparable objects are recorded on the database as IOW-0DB8F0, KENT-D1F854 and SF-777447.
Class: Marzinzik Type 1.5
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 450
Date to: Circa AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.8 mm
Width: 14.4 mm
Thickness: 3.3 mm
Weight: 3.37 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Medway (Unitary Authority)
District: Medway (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Cliffe and Cliffe Woods (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ7476
Four figure Latitude: 51.45623829
Four figure longitude: 0.50305999
1:25K map: TQ7476
1:10K map: TQ77NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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