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BUCKLE
Unique ID: HAMP-866F94
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy medieval sub-triangular buckle with narrowed and offset strap bar. The expanded front end has a groove along its length to serve as a pin rest and it terminates in a trefoil moulding. On both sides of the central groove, there is a triangular panel infilled with rows of engraved zig-zag lines. There are file marks on the reverse which is flat and undecorated. The pin is missing.
Class: projecting outer edge
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: 29.91 mm
Width: 31.18 mm
Thickness: 3.08 mm
Weight: 6.78 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 18th September 2003
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
To be known as: Corhampton and Meonstoke CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 1996 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 24 | 112 |
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