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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SUR-AAE25C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy annular buckle frame, 27.5mm across, in the form of a five petalled flower. Each petal has two lobes with moulded decoration to the surface. The pin is missing.
Notes:
As Whitehead (2016), p47, number 274. This type is known as a "Rose" buckle and from stratified examples can be dated to the late 15th-16th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.5 mm
Width: 26.8 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 5.15 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: Surrey (County)
District: Mole Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Betchworth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ2048
Four figure Latitude: 51.21859697
Four figure longitude: -0.28314855
1:25K map: TQ2048
1:10K map: TQ24NW
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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