NARC-C2E844: 14th-century buckle plate, obverse

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BUCKLE

Unique ID: NARC-C2E844

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

The forked spacer plate from a medieval cast copper-alloy composite buckle. A worn and plain oval shaped frame with a pointed lip. In section the frame is trapezoidal; the reverse and inner faces are flat. There is a notch in the frame which holds a bent wire pin. The forker spacer continues for 11.1mm. Each prong has seemingly been broken at this point following old damage. The plates have been lost. Such buckles are often found in fourteenth-century contexts.

Class: composite

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 34 mm
Width: 23.3 mm
Thickness: 2.6 mm
Weight: 4.5 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2003

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Wellingborough (District)
Parish or ward: Earls Barton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP8662
Four figure Latitude: 52.249468
Four figure longitude: -0.741696
1:25K map: SP8662
1:10K map: SP86SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: NARC
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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