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1884.138.44

Iron buckle fragment

1884.138.44

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Collection type
Object
Description
Iron buckle fragment
Long description
Iron fragment of loop. One end has a splash of wax from label seal. This end has been broken since the wax was applied. [JW [Excav. PR] 21/01/2013]
Geographical reference
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
England Kent Shepway Folkestone Castle Hill [Caesar's Camp] "Pit 2" "14 feet deep"
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Medieval
Date collected
1878 July 5
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal)
Dimensions
Diameter: max 62 mm, Weight 17 g, Width 40 mm, Depth 8 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.138.44 Other numbers: 44 PR no.: 634/ 12191
Research and responses

Pitt-Rivers appears to have referred to this object in his discussion of 1884.138.37 - see research notes for that record. [Dan Hicks 20/03/2013]

Further information and research notes on this site compiled in the 1970s by Revd. AH Gibson are held at Folkestone Library (see correspondence and copies of Gibson's notes in RDF) [JC 7.11.96]

Associated publications
Pitt-Rivers, A.H.L.F. 1883. Excavations at Caesar’s Camp, near Folkestone conducted in 1878. Archaeologia 47: 429-465 [Dan Hicks 20/03/2013]

Search terms: Tool, Ornament

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