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BUCKLE
Unique ID: KENT-D6E50C
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete gilded medieval cast copper-alloy single loop spur buckle with an integral plate c.AD 1230-1400.
Description: This buckle is oval in shape with a surviving pin. Some gilding has survived on the integral plate, however most of the plate itself has snapped off, at what would have been a rivet hole. The buckle itself is slightly curved in profile, and has raised ridges either side of the central pin. The back is flat and undecorated. While the frame of the buckle is a brown colour with traces of gilding, the pin is a motled green.
Dimensions: Length 18.75mm, width 13.85mm, thickness 3.22mm and weight 2.44g.
Discussion: There are examples of this buckle that can be found both on the PAS database (HAMP-14AE24) and in Egan and Pritchard's Dress Accessories book as well as in Whitehead's Buckles book. Egan notes on page 78 that while these buckels are usually associated as spur buckles, he questions the likelyhood of this as their weakness makes them seem not fit for purpose.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1230
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.75 mm
Width: 13.85 mm
Thickness: 3.22 mm
Weight: 2.44 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Folkestone and Hythe (District)
Parish or ward: Lyminge (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR1540
Four figure Latitude: 51.11893097
Four figure longitude: 1.07070705
1:25K map: TR1540
1:10K map: TR14SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. | 1991 | Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991) | London | Stationery Office Books | |||
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing |
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