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BUCKLE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-F60017
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval copper alloy buckle fragment dating from circa AD1250-1400. There is an angled knop at each end of the bar and a central groove for the pin rest, flanked by a notch at each end of the bar. The bar is 35.97mm in length, is 5.17mm wide, is 2.35mm thick and weighs 6.6gms. Similar buckles are mention in Whitehead p22 number 97.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.97 mm
Width: 5.17 mm
Thickness: 2.35 mm
Weight: 6.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 7th October 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PastfindersI
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
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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