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BUCKLE

Unique ID: BUC-EABE75

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete copper alloy medieval buckle frame and pin, dating from c.1270-1350 AD. The frame is D shaped with the outer frame wider than the two sides. The inside of the buckle frame is bevelled. The pin bar is slightly recesse and the corners of the pin bar where it meets the frame are squared. The pin is a piece of copper alloy wire wrapped around the pin bar which is rounded at the tip. The buckle has a green patina, and measures 22.3mm in length, 17.5mm in width, and weighs 2.98g.

C.f. Egan and Pritchard 1991, 68, 274.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1270
Date to: Circa AD 1350

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 22.3 mm
Width: 17.5 mm
Weight: 2.98 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 7th March 2018

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: AYBCM 4833

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Great Billington (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP9322
Four figure Latitude: 51.88880822
Four figure longitude: -0.65007499
1:25K map: SP9322
1:10K map: SP92SW
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 find submitted for recording
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Egan, G. and Pritchard, F.	1991	Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991)	London	Stationery Office Books	68,	274.

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

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