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BUCKLE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-A1A2FD
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy trapezoidal buckle c.1620-80. Would have been double looped now just one end of one of the loops remaining. Moulded trefoil shaped end and bevelled on the outside of the frame. The reverse is plain and flat.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1620
Date to: Circa AD 1680
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.8 mm
Width: 23.1 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 2.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 31st July 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
To be known as: Sholden
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | Page 84 | No 523 |
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