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BUCKLE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-9DDF8B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast copper-alloy pin from an annular buckle dating to the Medieval period, c. 1250-1500. The pin is broadly sub-rectangular in plan view and sub-triangular in profile, with an open loop at one end where it would have attached to the strap bar of the buckle. The pin at the loop itself is sub-circular in section, while becoming sub-rectangular as it initially thickens before tapering to a relatively blunt point. On the upper surface of the pin at its thickest point, a prominent decorative protrusion demonstrates four transverse ridges before thinning again as it forms the midpoint of the object. The pin measures 45.09mm long, 3.38mm wide at its loop, 3.86mm wide at its midpoint, 6.59mm thick at its thickest point and 4.16mm thick at its midpoint. It weighs 4.4 grammes.
Similar pins are illustrated by Egan and Pritchard (2002, 57, no. 28) who date them in London contexts from the late 14th to early 16th century.
Class: pin
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: with finder
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 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45.09 mm
Width: 3.88 mm
Thickness: 4.16 mm
Weight: 4.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 21st August 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Mid Sussex (District)
Parish or ward: Horsted Keynes (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ3728
Four figure Latitude: 51.0350387
Four figure longitude: -0.0474695
1:25K map: TQ3728
1:10K map: TQ32NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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