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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NARC648
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Cast double oval frame which is flat on the reverse and concave on the front giving a shallow oval in section. The central bar has been integrally cast and in square in section. Decoration consists of multiple slightly raised oblique rope work all around the front of the frame with the exception of the central bar which is plain. The pin loop appears to have been a cast and wrought bar which has then been curled over, the shank of the pin is broken, approximately two-thirds of it are missing. There are heavy file marks on the reverse of the frame and central bar.
Notes:
moulded decoration on frame similar to Burr page 22&23 figure 8 lower right, shape and size similar to Whitehead page 53 no.295 but narc 648 is much finer work. Shape and size of pin similar to Egan & Pritchard number 333
Class: Double oval
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1450
Date to: AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.41 mm
Width: 32.43 mm
Thickness: 3.45 mm
Weight: 11.29 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st May 2000 - Saturday 1st July 2000
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Linear
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
District: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE OLNEY
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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 | 82/50 | 333 | |
| Whitehead, R. | 1996 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 53 | 295 |
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