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BUCKLE
Unique ID: HAMP-B2A9AE
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A medieval (1350-1400) copper alloy buckle frame of Egan's 'rectangular Meols Type C', complete with sheet pin. The frame has concave sides and a flat rectangular bar at the outside edge. This is decorated with a trio of transverse grooves at the centre and a single transverse groove at either end. The bar is offset and narrowed.
The pin has parallel sides and is cut to a point at the end; it has a flat cross-section.
The buckle measures 15.2mm in length, 19.4mm in width (internal 8.7x16.7mm), 2.0mm in thickness (at the outside edge) and weighs 1.51g. The pin is 13.2mm long.
Class: Egan rectangular Meols Type C
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 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.2 mm
Width: 19.4 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 1.51 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 696
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
To be known as: Thruxton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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