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BUCKLE
Unique ID: BERK-1252FD
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy D-shaped buckle frame dating from the Early Medieval to Medieval period, about AD 1000 - 1200. The outer edge worn and nearly broken in one place. At the terminals of the frame are two boldly moulded animal heads at each end of the bar (beast biting bar type). The zoomorphic mouldings have long ears, bulbous eyes and projecting snouts. The bar is narrower than the frame also shows signs of wear. The pin and plate are missing. Compare SWYOR-19E92A and DENO-8E90B8, as well as Meols page 72 number 313. From finds at Winchester and Norwich this type of buckle is thought to be 11th or 12th century in date (Hinton in Biddle 1990, no. 1110; Margeson 1993, no. 127).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.3 mm
Width: 19.5 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 2.7 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OXPAS2018.180
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Chieveley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4773
Four figure Latitude: 51.45403801
Four figure longitude: -1.32497782
1:25K map: SU4773
1:10K map: SU47SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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