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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SOM-1E0080
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy double-looped buckle dating to the Medieval period. The frame is rectangular with five rabbets or gaps along each outer edge, the top and bottom edges have stepped shoulders where they meet the outer edges and a rounded knop in the centre at either end of the strap bar. The strap bar is recessed and the pin is missing. It measures 35.0mm in length, 28.0mm in width, 3.6mm in thickness and weighs 28.39g.
Whitehead (2003; 77) illustrated a similar buckle with bifid knops on the strap bar, no. 476, which is dated to 1400-1500.
Notes:
This record was created at a rally and may therefore fall below our usual standards of identification or photography
Class: Cassels type 1.8G
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35 mm
Width: 28 mm
Thickness: 3.6 mm
Weight: 28.39 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd July 2011
Rally details.
This object was found at Detecting Wales - 3rd July 2011, West Pennard
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ticket number 4
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: Mendip (District)
To be known as: West Pennard
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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