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BUCKLE

Unique ID: ESS-6EB1EF

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Fragmentary post-medieval buckle of the spectacle type. The item is cast copper-alloy, and retains only one loop of an original double looped design. The buckle is 'D' shaped in cross section. There is evidence of moulded knops at either end of the strap bar, just before the point at which the other loop has broken off.

The item has a green/grey patina, and the surface of the buckle is plain and undecorated. Likely date is c. 1500-1650. See Whitehead, pg 54 for comparisons

Dimensions: weight: 1.14g, width: 17.6mm, height: 20.0mm, thickness: 2.5mm

References: Whitehead, R. 2003. Buckles: 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing, Essex

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Height: 20 mm
Width: 17.6 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 1.14 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Brentwood (District)
Parish or ward: Blackmore, Hook End and Wyatts Green (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ6098
Four figure Latitude: 51.65801472
Four figure longitude: 0.31173812
1:25K map: TQ6098
1:10K map: TQ69NW
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

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Recording Institution: ESS
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: About one year ago

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