BERK-93E3FE: Medieval buckle: Composite buckle

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BUCKLE

Unique ID: BERK-93E3FE

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A copper alloy integral forked spacer from a medieval composite buckle. The buckle is missing the two sheet plates and the pin. Comparable buckles have been found from late 13th - 14th century contexts in London, which are published in Egan and Pritchard (1991, 79 & 81; fig 48-49).

Class: composite

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: 38.9 mm
Width: 13.4 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 2.1 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: OXPAS2016.594

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
To be known as: Steventon

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: BERK
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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