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BUCKLE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-FAF4E0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy composite buckle with the remains of an integral forked spacer (c. 1350-c. 1450). The plates, pin and most of the spacer prongs are missing. The oval frame is convex at the front, flat at the rear and is bevelled internally at the front and rear. The outer edge is slightly pointed. There is a hole to accommodate a pin-loop which is filled with corroded iron. The incomplete prongs are abraded at the breaks. This buckle is drab green with traces of a darker green patina and iron staining. 'File' marks are visible on the front and rear of the frame and the breaks are abraded. Length: 23.11 mm; width: 19.20 mm; thickness: 4.30 mm. Weight: 2.6 g.
Similar buckles from London have been published and dated c. 1350-c. 1450 (Egan & Pritchard 1991: 80, fig. 49, refs: 325-330).
Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. 1991. Dress Accessories. Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: 3. The Stationary office/ Museum of London.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.11 mm
Width: 19.2 mm
Thickness: 4.3 mm
Weight: 2.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 21st May 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Rother (District)
To be known as: Udimore
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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