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BUCKLE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-DB1C3C
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy asymmetrical locking buckle with a drilled frame and separate bar probably c. AD 1350-1450. The frame is rectangular in plan with a separate spindle that is off-set to the rear. The front edge is notched for the pin and has a transverse groove on the front to accept the locking bar (now broken off - missing) that would have once been attached to the spindle.
Length 28.8mm, width 17.4mm, thickness 6.0mm and weight 8.2g.
Whitehead (1996, 85) illustrates a number of similar examples Nos.552-554, which he dates to c.AD 1350-1450.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.8 mm
Width: 17.4 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 8.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 22nd November 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
To be known as: Sandwich
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | Page 86 | No 553 |
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