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BUCKLE
Unique ID: WILT-84129C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy double loop trapezoidal buckle, one loop is missing. The buckle has pointed ends, at either end of the strap bar there are knops, the outside edge is bevelled. the incomplete iron pin partially survives.
Buckles of this type date to c.1570-1700. This buckle is identical in style to No.513 in Whitehead (2003)
It is 22.54mm in length (strap bar to outer edge of frame), 21.68mm in width and weighs 3.93g.The outer part of the frame is 8.33mm to the point of the traingle.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.54 mm
Width: 21.68 mm
Weight: 3.93 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2017.48
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Cherhill (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU0470
Four figure Latitude: 51.42899153
Four figure longitude: -1.94385423
1:25K map: SU0470
1:10K map: SU07SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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