SUR-847D22: Early Medieval: Sleeve clasp

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SLEEVE CLASP

Unique ID: SUR-847D22

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An Early Medieval copper-alloy catch piece from a sleeve clasp with three lugs on the rear edge; the central lug projects further than the other two. The central boss is rectangular and the outer two are square. There is a collared bar between the bosses. Hines form B12.

Class: Hines form B12

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 450
Date to: Circa AD 600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 17-1472

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Hardwick (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP8018
Four figure Latitude: 51.85486665
Four figure longitude: -0.83985102
1:25K map: SP8018
1:10K map: SP81NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Hines, J.	1993	Clasps Hektespenner Agraffen: Anglo-Scandinavian Clasps of Classes A-C of the 3rd to 6th Centuries A D: Typology, diffusion and function	Stockholm	Kungl Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien		B12 or B20

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Recording Institution: SUR
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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