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BUCKLE
Unique ID: BUC-02FB83
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post Medieval copper alloy buckle dating to c. 1690-1720. The buckle is sub-rectangular in shape with an angled frame with rounded corners outside edge. The outside edges are slightly lobed. The strap bar and pin are missing. At the top of the outside edge where the bar would have been attached there are remains of an iron pin or bar. Parallel to this on the bottom bar a circular pierced hole is present with some iron residue. This could suggest that this may be a shoe buckle which would have had a loop chape with a single integral spike attached, and a drilled central bar. The buckle is almost black in colour which could suggest that the buckle is tinned.
The buckle is 39.1mm in length, 28.8mm in width, 3.3mm in thickness, and weighs 8.52g.
A similar buckle can be seen in Whitehead, 1996, pages 102-103, who suggests a date of c.1690-1720.
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 1690
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39.1 mm
Width: 28.8 mm
Thickness: 3.3 mm
Weight: 8.52 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.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | Pages 102-103 |
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