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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SUR-266FFE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Early Medieval rectangular-framed buckle with a ring and dot in each corner and double notches on each side. The buckle pin has a drooping point and is inscribed with an X adjacent to its inner terminal. A loop extends from the lower side of the pin and iron corrosion fills the hole in the frame. Traces of a white metal coating survive.
Jo Ahmet kindly comments:
This belongs to Marzinzik I.6a. Marzinzik suggests these are not belt related but are related to scabbards/pouches. Continental dating varies but 520-680 (650 might be more appropriate) is the full date range. These are most commonly found in the Rhineland, the region around Trie,r and Switzerland.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 520
Date to: Circa AD 680
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.92 mm
Width: 16.98 mm
Weight: 3.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 15th October 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B16-1272
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Coombe Bissett (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU1026
Four figure Latitude: 51.03327714
Four figure longitude: -1.8587656
1:25K map: SU1026
1:10K map: SU12NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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