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BUCKLE
Unique ID: HAMP-3DBB69
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy oval buckle frame, dating to the medieval period (1100-1500). It is incomplete in so far as it is missing its bar, pin and part of the frame.
The outside edge is rectangular in cross-section with a central transverse rectangular slot for the missing pin. The slot is the width of the edge (4.8mm) and 1.8mm deep. The external edge of the frame is faceted with three shallow faces and gives the impression of being curved in outline. This edge is max.4.8x4.5mm and narrows into the sides which measure 2.3x3.6mm and 2.7x3.0mm at their old breaks, just before the missing bar. The latter of these breaks has a pair of worn rectangular projections just before it, perhaps the remains of a loop or possibly ears from a missing zoomoprhic representation.
The frame measures 15.7x22.6x4.5mm and weighs 2.96g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.7 mm
Width: 22.6 mm
Thickness: 4.5 mm
Weight: 2.96 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 3rd February 2015 - Tuesday 5th May 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Entry Form WINCM 52
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Wherwell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3839
Four figure Latitude: 51.14900542
Four figure longitude: -1.45810661
1:25K map: SU3839
1:10K map: SU33NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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