SOM-2D429F: Medieval/post-medieval single-looped buckle

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BUCKLE

Unique ID: SOM-2D429F

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A medieval to post-medieval copper-alloy oval single-looped buckle frame, incomplete in so far as it is missing its pin. The buckle is plain with a single notch at the centre of the outer edge which would have acted as a pin rest. Such buckles were in use on personal dress from the 13th-15th centuries, but continued to be used on horse equipment into the post-medieval period (Whitehead 2003, 16-18). This frame has a dark-green patina with some patches of pitting.

Class: Cassels Type 1.3A

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Charltons Historical Society
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 19.9 mm
Width: 17.3 mm
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight: 2.09 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2006 - Monday 31st December 2007

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
Parish or ward: Charlton Mackrell (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST5228
Four figure Latitude: 51.04933099
Four figure longitude: -2.68614263
1:25K map: ST5228
1:10K map: ST52NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Current location: Charltons Historical Society
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Whitehead, R.	1996	Buckles 1250-1800	Chelmsford	Greenlight Publishing	18-19	39-50

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Recording Institution: SOM
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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