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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SUR-67AFB4
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy medieval single loop oval buckle frame, 12.9mm in length. The frame has an ornate outer edge comprising four lobed and angled knops dividing three transverse grooves including a notched lip pin rest. The bar is narrowed and offset. Circa 13th century.
As Whitehead (2016), p21 number 78, Egan and Pritchard (2002), p73, number 292.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1230
Date to: Circa AD 1260
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 12.9 mm
Height: 14.1 mm
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 0.71 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Moulsford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5883
Four figure Latitude: 51.54292534
Four figure longitude: -1.16504412
1:25K map: SU5883
1:10K map: SU58SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. | 2002 | Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London) (2002) | London | HMSO |
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