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BUCKLE

Unique ID: DEV-D4DE56

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Postmedieval cast copper alloy buckle. The frame is rectangular in plan with rounded edges. The pin is now missing. Buckles of this type were usually shoe buckles dating c. 1720-1790s AD. A similar, but larger, buckle can be seen in 'Buckles 1250 - 1800' by Ross Whitehead No. 667 pg 104. See below for detailed reference.

Notes:

Part of a collection from Dartmouth.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Dartmouth Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1720
Date to: Circa AD 1790

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 40 mm
Width: 41 mm

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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: Devon (County)
District: South Hams (District)
Parish or ward: Dartmouth (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SX8648
Four figure Latitude: 50.320879
Four figure longitude: -3.602715
1:25K map: SX8648
1:10K map: SX88NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Whilst Metal Detecting
Current location: Dartmouth Museum
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Whitehead, R.	2003	Buckles 1250-1800	Chelmsford	Greenlight Publishing	104	667

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Recording Institution: DEV
Created: 11 years ago
Updated: 11 years ago

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