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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SOM-1E4DA7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval copper alloy double looped buckle. The frame is broadly rectangular in plan with the outer edges widening in width to pointed projections, forming triangular ends. The strap bar has a lobed knop at either end. Remains of iron corrosion on the strap suggests the pin, now missing, could have been made of iron. It measures 47.3mm in length, 23.7mm in width, 2.1mm in thickness and weighs 3.7g.
Whitehead (2003; 82) illustrates a similar example with a wider frame, no. 512, which is dated 1250-1700 AD.
Notes:
This record was created at a rally and may therefore fall below our usual standards of identification or photography
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47.3 mm
Width: 23.7 mm
Thickness: 2.1 mm
Weight: 3.7 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 6
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.
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