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BUCKLE

Unique ID: SOMDOR-001BC8

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete cast copper alloy double loop buckle, of seventeeth century date. Just over half of the frame survives. The frame would have formerly consisted of a double rectangle with an assymetrical openwork frame comprising of scrolled bifid moulding on the outer edge of each loop and a cinquefoil moulding at each end of the central bar. The pin is wrapped around the central bar and tapers to a point. The front of the buckle is slightly convex and the back is flat and undecorated. Similar buckles can be seen in Whitehead's 'Buckles 1250-1800' (1996, p. 80, nos. 498, 499). Dimensions: 31.7mm by 31.4mm by 1.6mm Weight: 4.89g

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1699

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 31.7 mm
Width: 31.4 mm
Thickness: 1.6 mm
Weight: 4.89 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 27th October 2006

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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)
To be known as: Misterton

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
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
Whitehead, R.	2003	Buckles 1250-1800	Chelmsford	Greenlight Publishing	80	nos. 498, 499

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Recording Institution: SOMDOR
Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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