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BUCKLE

Unique ID: SF-CA3A96

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A cast copper-alloy oval shaped buckle frame with an integral forked spacer of medieval circa 14th century date. The frame measures 21mm by 16mm in size and has an expanded lip in the centre of the outer edge. The forked spacer is 10mm in length and 15mm in width and has a rectangular pin slot. There is an incomplete copper-alloy wire pin attached to the bar via an open loop. There would originally have been seperate front and back sheets which would have been soldered onto the forked spacer.

Class: composite

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 26 mm
Width: 21 mm
Weight: 3.23 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st May 2005

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Rushbrooke with Rougham

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
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: SF
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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