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BUCKLE

Unique ID: BUC-02A704

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete post Medieval copper alloy double loop asymmetrical buckle with missing pin, dating to c.1575-1700 AD. The buckle is sub-rectangular in shape. One loop is oval and the other rectangular. The outside edge and bar are square in cross-section. There are six lobed knops on the outside edge of the rectangular loop, and lobed knops at two symmetrical points on the outer edge of the rounded loop. There is a lobed protrusion either end of the strap bar. The buckle is almost black in colour which could suggest that the buckle is tinned. The back of the buckle is flat and undecorated.

The buckle is 24.3mm in length, 19.1mm in width, 2.2mm in thickness, and weighs 2.92g.

A similar buckle is illustrated in Whitehead 1996, page 92, number 577 which is given a date of c.1575-1700, and is tinned.

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 1575
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 24.3 mm
Width: 19.1 mm
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Weight: 2.92 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 4th October 2017 - Wednesday 4th October 2017

Rally details.

This object was found at Weekend Wanderers Bucks Oct 2017 American Tour 2

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: AYBCM 4794

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Tin or tin alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

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

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP7434
Four figure Latitude: 51.99952076
Four figure longitude: -0.92351544
1:25K map: SP7434
1:10K map: SP73SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Date found
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Whitehead, R.	2003	Buckles 1250-1800	Chelmsford	Greenlight Publishing	Page 92, number 577

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

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