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BUCKLE

Unique ID: HAMP-DE1462

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete medieval/ post-medieval copper alloy double oval buckle frame, missing its pin and dating broadly to 1250-1600. The loops are oval in shape and D-shaped in cross-section (being flat to the reverse). Both outside edges are decorated with three equidistant transverse grooves. The bar has bevelled edges and is square in cross-section, with a small projection at either end beyond the frame. There are traces of iron corrosion at its centre, suggesting the missing pin would have been made of iron.
The buckle has a green patina and a few reddish-brown patches. It measures 19.6mm in length, 13.2mm in width, 2.3mm in thickness and weighs 1.23g.
Similar buckle frames are illustrated by Egan 1991, pg. 88, nos. 380 and 381, dated to 1270-1350; however as the form persists a later date cannot be ruled out. The small size of the frame suggests it may have been a shoe buckle.

Class: Cassels type 1.4D

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1270
Date to: Circa AD 1600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 19.6 mm
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight: 1.23 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 22nd April 2017 - Saturday 22nd April 2017

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Entry Form WINCM 474

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Houghton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU3333
Four figure Latitude: 51.0953641
Four figure longitude: -1.53013441
1:25K map: SU3333
1:10K map: SU33SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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	pg. 88, nos. 380, 381

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

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