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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SUR-046213
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment comprising half of a cast copper alloy double loop oval buckle, 28.3mm in length, with moulded floral decoration. The decoration consists of a trefoil moulded knop at the outer edge of each loop and at either end of the strap bar. Circa 16th / 17th century.
As Whitehead (2016) p65, number 397
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.3 mm
Width: 25.9 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 4.45 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: East Hampshire (District)
Parish or ward: Alton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU7138
Four figure Latitude: 51.1368791
Four figure longitude: -0.98657453
1:25K map: SU7138
1:10K map: SU73NW
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing |
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