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BUCKLE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-1C9152
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Cast Copper-alloy single looped buckle with integral forked spacer plate. Medieval in date, c. AD1350 - AD1450.
The frame is sub-oval in plan and has a pointed lip for a pin rest. Vestiges of an iron pin remain upon the frame opposite the lip, around the pin bar at the base of the forked spacer. A locating ridge flanks the pin bar at the base of the forked spacer and this would have abutted with the buckle plate. The forked spacer is truncated.The flaky surface patina is light green in colour and abraded with base metal exposed.
Dimensions: The buckle is 23.58 mm long, 20.87 mm wide and 4.70 mm thick. It weighs: 3.11 grams.
A similar example can be seen in Whitehead Buckles 1250-1800 (2003) Page 36, No. 213
Class:
Single Loop
Sub class: Integral Spacer
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.58 mm
Width: 20.87 mm
Thickness: 4.7 mm
Weight: 3.11 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 24th July 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PastfindersI
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Uncertain
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Near Lewes
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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