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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SOM-7874EC
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval cast copper-alloy oval buckle frame, incomplete insofar as it is missing its pin and plate, dating to AD c.1650-1720. The frame is oval with a wide continuous outer edge and a central narrowed strap bar dividing it into two D-shaped loops. The frame has a concave back and moulded front. There is an inner ring of pellets around a line border and an outer border of curved moulded ridges with pellets between. One ridge has been bent upwards folloing post-depositional damage.
The buckle is 31.0mm long, 27.3mm wide and 2.0mm thick; it weighs 3.6 grams. In profile it is curved, probably due to use rather than damage (although this cannot be ruled out given the damage already noted). A similar example, though bearing moulded rosettes (rather than pellets between the curved ridges), can be found illustrated in Whitehead (2003, 49; no. 286).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31 mm
Width: 27.3 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 3.6 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 16623
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)
To be known as: Near Wincanton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 49 | 286 |
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