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BUCKLE
Unique ID: ESS-305D15
Object type certainty: Certain
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Copper-alloy cast buckle of Medieval to Post-Medieval date, c. 1350-1550.
The buckle has a notched front with a transverse groove. There are flanged sides which are drilled in order to hold the centre bar. The pin is cast and connected to a tube which is hinged over the centre bar.
The centre bar extends beyond the frame on one side, curving up and then back toward the frame. It is likely that this bar ended in a spherical knop, though this no longer survives.
The buckle is rectangular in shape. The patina is a dark green to light beige colour, and the buckle is complete with the exception of the possible decorative knop.
Dimensions: weight: 9.2g, length: 30.7mm, width: 29.2mm, thickness: 5.3mm
For similar examples see Ward Perkins 1940 (pl. LXXVII nos. 11 and 12), and six from London listed by him (1940, 279-80)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.7 mm
Width: 29.2 mm
Thickness: 5.3 mm
Weight: 9.2 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Uttlesford (District)
Parish or ward: Wenden Lofts (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL4637
Four figure Latitude: 52.01222973
Four figure longitude: 0.1259369
1:25K map: TL4637
1:10K map: TL43NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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