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BUCKLE
Unique ID: ESS-F0E044
Object type certainty: Certain
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Complete Medieval oval shaped copper alloy buckle, dating to the late 14th century. It has a lipped frame and rectangular strap plate. Undecorated oval shaped frame with a lip midway round as pin rest. Strap plate is formed of a single rectangular strip of copper alloy which has been bent in half and a rectangular tab removed from the folded edge to accomodate the buckle frame. The plate has a single rivet in situ at the opposite end to the buckle . Buckle is brown-red in colour while the plate is a light green in colour. For Parallel see Egan and Pritchard (1991, Fig.45, nos. 306 and 308-9), which are dated AD 1350-1400.
Length 40mm
Width: 19mm
Ref: Egan G. and Pritchard F. 1991. Dress Accessories: Medieval finds from the Museum of London. The Stationery Office, London
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Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40 mm
Width: 19 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Chelmsford (District)
Parish or ward: Pleshey (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL6614
Four figure Latitude: 51.80000752
Four figure longitude: 0.40602237
1:25K map: TL6614
1:10K map: TL61SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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