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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF-102CB3
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete cast copper-alloy single-looped buckle and plate dating to the Medieval period, c. 1250-1400. The buckle is broadly oval in plan, with a slightly offset strap bar, transverse ridges to the ends of the strap-bar, and a knopped outer frame with co-incident recessed pin-rest. Wrapped around the strap-bar is the sheet-metal plate, which tapers towards its end and demonstrates a rectangular cut-out section in its front edge which would originally have housed the wound-wire pin (now missing in old damage). The terminal of the plate is missing, with the rear half of a circular aperture designed to house a circular-sectioned rivet still visible. Preserved in fair condition with an even green patina, it measures a total length of 23.64mm, the frame itself being 11.19mm wide and 1.82mm thick at its midpoint. It weighs 1.05g.
An identical buckle frame is published by Whitehead, see no. 72.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.64 mm
Width: 11.19 mm
Thickness: 1.82 mm
Weight: 1.05 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 25th October 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Brockley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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