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BUCKLE
Unique ID: WILT-67A729
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete annular single looped Medieval buckle dating to the period c. AD 1270-1400. The undecorated buckle has a plain circular frame and an oval section, with no constriction present for the pin to rest in.The pin itself has been cast with an open loop in order to more easily attach it to the frame and shows a transverse ridge just under the loop.
The buckle is completely undamaged and measures 41.54mm in diameter and 10.56mm in thick, the pin is 41.47 in length and the entire buckle weights 16.44.
Egan illustrates similar buckles (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 58, no. 36) which are dated late 13th-14th century.
Class: Cassels type 1.1C
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1270
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.54 mm
Width: 38.65 mm
Thickness: 10.56 mm
Weight: 16.44 g
Diameter: 41.54 mm
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: West Tytherley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU2631
Four figure Latitude: 51.077739
Four figure longitude: -1.63023586
1:25K map: SU2631
1:10K map: SU23SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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