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BUCKLE

Unique ID: BUC-179171

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy double-looped buckle (c. 1350-c. 1650). The pin is missing and there is a pinrest notch in the frame. The frame is convex at the front and flat at the rear. Each loop is similar in size, oval in plan but slightly distorted. The narrowed bar is sub-triangular in cross-section. Similar buckles have been published and dated c. 1350-1650 (Whitehead 2003: 53). Whitehead, R. 2003. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing. Witham

Class: Cassels type 1.4A

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: 35.33 mm
Width: 34.13 mm
Weight: 8.2 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st October 2017

Rally details.

This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - Americans nr Thornton etc 2017

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 1

Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Thornton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP7636
Four figure Latitude: 52.01722903
Four figure longitude: -0.89394587
1:25K map: SP7636
1:10K map: SP73NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Weekend Wanderers American Detecting Holidays
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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