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BUCKLE
Unique ID: CAM-EBEA59
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy double loop oval buckle weighing 12.08g (0.43oz). This artefact is post medieval with a probable date range of c1550-1650. The buckle is 46.2mm in length and 28.5mm wide. The flat, openwork frame is vesica-shaped (pointed oval shaped) with a beaded outside edge scrolling over the side. The double loops have a bevelled inside edge. There are protrusions either end of the narrowed strap bar with a circular hole at either end. There is also a circular hole in the inner edge of each loop behind the beaded edge of the frame. These four holes have bevelled sides. The complete pin has a wavy profile and loops around the central bar. The pin has a rounded, pointed tip. The pin length is 22.8mm and has a maximum width of 4.2mm. The thickness of the buckle is 3.0mm and has a smooth, plain reverse.
See Whitehead, R., 2003 Buckles 1250-1800 Chelmsford: Greenlight Publishing p70, no.436.
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 46.2 mm
Width: 28.5 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 12.08 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: City of Peterborough (Unitary Authority)
District: City of Peterborough (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Bainton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF1005
Four figure Latitude: 52.63161643
Four figure longitude: -0.3761341
1:25K map: TF1005
1:10K map: TF10NW
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 | p70, no.436. |
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