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BUCKLE

Unique ID: BERK-85F6E5

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete Medieval copper alloy "D" shaped buckle dating to the period c.14th to 15th Century AD. It has an indentation in the centre of the curved section, where a pin tip would have rested. Pin missing.

Notes:

Bucks PAS Record Sheet No 90

Class: Meols type 2

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1499

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 21.27 mm
Width: 27.1 mm
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Weight: 3.9 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 8th April 2016

Rally details.

This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - Wicken,Northants

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: South Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Wicken (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP7539
Four figure Latitude: 52.04433193
Four figure longitude: -0.9078582
1:25K map: SP7539
1:10K map: SP73NE
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
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Cuddeford, M.J.	1992	Identifying Metallic Small Finds	Ipswich	Anglia Publishing	11	27

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Recording Institution: BERK
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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