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BUCKLE
Unique ID: KENT-18C99F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast Early-Medieval copper-alloy single loop ovoid buckle circa sixth century date.
Description: The frame is roughly ovoid with a narrowed offset strap-bar. It is missing its pin. The hoop is D shape in section and the buckle without decoration. The frame is circular in cross-section. The buckle is an off grey colour with some mottled green patination. Parts of the frame have become flakey.
Measurements: Width: 33.5 mm, length 19.5mm, Thickness: 5.2mm and Weight: 13.28g.
Discussion: These buckles fits Marzinzik's (2003) Type I.5 and Hines and Bayliss (2013) Type BU2-d, which both date them broadly to the mid/late fifth to sixth centuries. The type is fairly common across early medieval northern Europe and is particularly well-represented in female Kentish burials (Marzinzik 2003, 21; Hines and Bayliss 2013, 138, 332, Table 6.13).
Notes:
This object was recorded from information provided by the finder and not seen by the FLO. We thank the finder for the images of this object.
Class: Marzinzik's Type I / Hines and Bayliss Type BU2-d
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 475
Date to: Circa AD 575
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 219.5 mm
Width: 33.5 mm
Thickness: 5.2 mm
Weight: 13.28 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 20th February 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
Parish or ward: Worth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR3255
Four figure Latitude: 51.246959
Four figure longitude: 1.32287302
1:25K map: TR3255
1:10K map: TR35NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hines, J. and Bayliss, A. eds. | 2013 | Anglo-Saxon Graves and Grave Goods of the 6th and 7th Centuries AD: A Chronological Framework | London | The Society for Medieval Archaeology | |||
| Marzinzik, S. | 2003 | Early Anglo-Saxon Belt Buckles (Late 5th to Early 8th Centuries A.D.): Their classification and context | Oxford | British Archaeological Reports |
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