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BUCKLE

Unique ID: SOMDOR-5BB0E6

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A cast copper single loop buckle of medieval date. The plain circular frame measures 41.51mm in diameter and 3.18mm in thickness. It weighs 13.11g. There is no constriction for the pin and the frame is of a similar thickness around its full length. The pin is wrapped around the frame, it has a rectangular cross-section and the other end tapers to a point. Adjacent to the loop is a simple moulding consisting of a transverse ridge and there is a similar moulding on the underside which effectively forms part of the loop. A similar buckle was found during excavations at the site of the College of the Vicars Choral at Bedern in York (Ottaway and Rogers 2002, pp. 2886-7, no. 14294) although the pin moulding comprises three ridges on the York example. It probably dates from the fourteenth or early fifteenth century.

Class: Annular

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1450

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.18 mm
Weight: 13.11 g
Diameter: 41.51 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 27th March 2006

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Crewkerne

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Ottaway, P. and Rogers, N.	2002	Craft, Industry and Every Day Life: Finds From Medieval York	York	Council for British Archaeology	2886-7	no. 14294

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Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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