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BUCKLE
Unique ID: KENT-23B513
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast pewter or high tin/lead copper-alloy incomplete single-loop D-shaped buckle with narrowed, offset strap bars and buckle plate dating to c.1250-1500
Description: The buckle frame is D-shaped, flat and lacks a notch for the pin. The strap bar is narrower than the buckle frame and offset. the buckle frame lacks a pin or buckle plate. It has a a dark grey patina with some patches of white possibly indicating that it is pewter or high tin/lead copper-alloy.
Measurements: 14.71mm wide, 10.81mm long, 2.24mm thick and 1.25g in weight.
Description: This type of buckle is frequently reported to the PAS database such as KENT-3DD069. A number of them have been recovered from archaeological excavations in London as illustrated by Egan and Pritchard (1991, 70. no. 274) dating c.1250-1450 and Whitehead (1996, 19) also illustrates a number of examples which he dates as late as c.1500.
Class: Single-Loop
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 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.56 mm
Width: 8.09 mm
Thickness: 4.73 mm
Weight: 1.82 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Medway (Unitary Authority)
District: Medway (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Cliffe and Cliffe Woods (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ7476
Four figure Latitude: 51.45623829
Four figure longitude: 0.50305999
1:25K map: TQ7476
1:10K map: TQ77NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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 | |||
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing |
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