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BUCKLE
Unique ID: HAMP-90E1F4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete copper-alloy medieval buckle with trapezoidal frame and integral plate. The frame has been folded over itself. The two outer corners of the frame have a rounded knop. The frame is oval in cross section and is 2.2mm thick. The frame is 18.9mm at the longer end. The plate is sub triangular in shape, at the frame end there is a circular hole which has abraded through at the frame in an old break. This would have originally held the pin, which is now missing. There is a rivet hole beside this with the iron rivet still in situ. The other end is also broken, the curved remains of which suggest another rivet hole. There is no decoration. The buckle is a light brown colour with patches of green patina.
The buckle plate measures 20.2mm in length, and in width measures 9.8mm at the frame end, narrowing to 5mm at the opposite end. It is 2.4mm thick. The buckle measures 36.3mm in total length, and weighs 3.70g.
Class: integral plate
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: 36.3 mm
Width: 18.9 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 3.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 28th October 2015 - Wednesday 11th November 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Entry Form WINCM 170
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Chichester (District)
To be known as: Harting
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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