Record ID: BUC-E54130
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (UNKNOWN)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy object with a rectangular central area between two terminals. The surface of the object is partly obscured by corrosion but the rectangular area appears to have been decorated with three rows of three raised pellets. One terminal has a knop with three indistinct lobes, bent over at the end to form a triangular hook for fastening. The other knop is damaged but appears rounded with a triangular protrusion on the reverse. This object may be a type of double-hooked fastener known from late Medieval to early Post-Medieval contexts (Margeson 1993, p.19, no.80-1), or simply…
Created on: Friday 5th January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Brickhill', grid reference and parish protected.