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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SOM-ED5238
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment iof a cast copper alloy item, possibly a buckle frame. The fragment is of a flat, rectangular sectioned strip which is slightly curved in plan with old breaks at either end. On the front are five punched ring and dot motifs and part of a sixth (the rest lost to the break) arranged 1-2-1-2 followed by part of a larger double ring and dot design (again part is lost to the break). It is 16.4mm long, 6.1mm wide and 1.7mm thick; it weighs 0.93 grams.
Such a small fragment is hard to identify with any certainty but the design may suggest a Roman to Medieval date.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 43
Date to: Exactly AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.4 mm
Width: 6.1 mm
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 0.93 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 22nd August 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC reciept 20852
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: Sedgemoor (District)
To be known as: Bawdrip
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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1 comment
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chris lovell wrote @ 09:35:30 on the 14th November 2011.
This item may be of roman date i cant rule out early medieval as ring and dot decoration was used in both periods sometimes called bullseye decoration paternation suggests earlier date range .
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