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BUCKLE

Unique ID: DOR-05D2B2

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete Medieval copper alloy buckle plate. Only the front half only of a folded sheet metal plate. It is rectangular sheet of copper alloy with a circular attachment in either corner at one end and, at the opposite end,are two narrowed rectangular tabs which are the remnants of where the plate was folded over the bar of the missing buckle and the rectangular notch to allow for the attachment of the pin. The front of the plate is decorated with an indistinct relief design the recesses of which may have been enamelled The rear of the plate is undecorated. The plate is slightly bent.
Date: Medieval - c. 1200 - 1400
Dimensions: 30.1 mm x 13.9 mm x 1.7 mm
Weight: 2.31 g

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 30.17 mm
Width: 13.96 mm
Thickness: 1.79 mm
Weight: 2.31 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCMS 017830

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: Weymouth and Portland (District)
Parish or ward: Upwey and Broadwey (District Ward)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SY6585
Four figure Latitude: 50.6636119
Four figure longitude: -2.49656847
1:25K map: SY6585
1:10K map: SY65SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

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Recording Institution: DOR
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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