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BUCKLE
Unique ID: ESS-ADEAA3
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a copper-alloy double-looped buckle dating from Medieval to Post Medieval. (1350-1650).
The fragment is "D" shaped and is an irregular "D" shape in section varying in thickness along it's length.
The pin bar is triangular in section and is missing the pin. There are two lobes extending from either end of the pin bar which would have continued to form the other half of the buckle.
The buckle is 20.9mm long, 35mm wide, 3.4mm thick and weighs 4.6 grams. The buckle has a green patina with an iron stain on the pin bar.
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 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.9 mm
Width: 35 mm
Thickness: 3.4 mm
Weight: 4.6 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Braintree (District)
Parish or ward: Ridgewell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL7441
Four figure Latitude: 52.04009328
Four figure longitude: 0.53555666
1:25K map: TL7441
1:10K map: TL74SW
Grid reference source: From 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 | Page 53. P294. |
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