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BUCKLE
Unique ID: GLO-297E89
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman copper alloy military buckle of 'Kidney-bean' type with internal scroll and stepped-strap connector loop. The frame of the buckle is C-shaped with a bevelled outer edge and inwardly curved terminals on the rear edge of the buckle. Dividing the rear terminals of the buckle is a narrowed bar that still holds the copper alloy pin. The strap connecter consists of two bars with curved terminals forming a narrow neck with a rectangular slot in the centre, the end is then expanded to form the rectangular strap loop terminal.
The buckle is of military type and buckles of this general form have been suggested as being from utilised by the cavalry (Appels & Laycock, 2007, pp 103). A similar buckle from North Lincolnshire (ibid. pp 103, fig. AA12.11) with a more elaborate neck was suggested as being of early 2nd century date.
see GLO-730F0B, NMGW-E718C4, SF-9AF8D3 and BM-8C2C20 for similar examples
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Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40 mm
Width: 29 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st August 2019 - Saturday 1st August 2020
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Bath and North East Somerset (Unitary Authority)
District: Bath and North East Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Marksbury (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST6561
Four figure Latitude: 51.34699521
Four figure longitude: -2.50392247
1:25K map: ST6561
1:10K map: ST66SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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