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BUCKLE
Unique ID: BH-2EBE24
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy buckle frame with integral plate dating to the mid fourteenth to early fifteenth century AD. The buckle frame is oval in plan and D-shaped in section. The outer edge of the frame possesses a slight lip and there is a notch to accommodate the pin. The frame extends to the remains of an integral forked spacer, which is incomplete. The buckle measures 33mm in length, 28mm in width and 3mm in thickness.
Class: composite
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 1425
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Width: 28 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 21st January 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
District: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Turvey (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP9650
Four figure Latitude: 52.13996419
Four figure longitude: -0.59865708
1:25K map: SP9650
1:10K map: SP95SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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