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BUCKLE

Unique ID: CORN-8C4EC9

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast copper alloy incomplete forked spacer from a single loop buckle. The frame of the buckle would have been circular, judging from the curvature of the broken edge, although only a quarter of the circumference is still present. The forked spacer would have supported a pair of sheet metal plates which are also missing, as is the pin.

Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar forked spacer with a circular frame on page 37, no.217, which is dated from c.1350-1450.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1450

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 32 mm
Width: 19 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 2.3 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 18th March 2017 - Saturday 18th March 2017

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Tarrant Crawford (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST9102
Four figure Latitude: 50.81747396
Four figure longitude: -2.12912413
1:25K map: ST9102
1:10K map: ST90SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Whitehead, R.	2003	Buckles 1250-1800	Chelmsford	Greenlight Publishing	37	no.217

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Recording Institution: CORN
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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