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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SUR-BD4287
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a single-loop copper alloy buckle. The fragment consists of a square plate, 23.1mm in length with two rivet holes at one end and the stumps of two lugs for a buckle frame bar at the other. The face of the plate is decorated with incised foliate decoration within a pointed polygonal border. Late Medieval to Post Medieval, circa 1350-1650.
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: Exactly AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.1 mm
Width: 17.6 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 2.1 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Basingstoke and Deane (District)
Parish or ward: Laverstoke (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4848
Four figure Latitude: 51.2291778
Four figure longitude: -1.31394987
1:25K map: SU4848
1:10K map: SU44NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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