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BUCKLE

Unique ID: SUSS-3BF9E5

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A cast copper-alloy oval buckle frame with an ornate outer edge and an in situ buckle plate. The buckle frame has a moulded knop made up of three ridges. The buckle has narrowed and off-set strap bar. The pin also survives in situ and it is intact. The buckle plate is trapezoidal. It is now very badly damaged and bent. Both plates survive, but the back plate only extends down far enough to hold two copper alloy rivets, to keep the buckle frame in place. Similar buckles can be seen in Egan and Pritchard, p75. Buckle frame length = 17.73mm, width = 19.61mm, thickness = 4.35mm. Buckle plate length = 20.40mm, width = 12.40mm, thickness = 0.42mm.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.12 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 21st August 2004

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Multiple
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Firle

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Recording Institution: SUSS
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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