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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SOM-D03CD8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval cast copper-alloy double-loop buckle frame and pin. The frame has two oval loops with flat backs and inner sides and angled outer sides. There are two small projecting points, casting flaws, on the inner side of one loop, near the strap bar. The strap bar is narrowed and recessed with pointed knops at either end. The copper alloy pin is D-shaped in section with a flat back. One end is flattened and wrapped around the strap bar. From the loop around the bar it tapers gradually to the point which is bent upwards in profile. The frame is slightly bent in profile and 30.7mm long, 22.2mm wide and 1.9mm thick. The pin is 19.3mm long, 3.6mm wide by the loop and 1.7mm thick. It weighs 3.49 grams in total.
Whitehead (2003) illustrates a similar buckle (page 54, No.307) which he dates to c.1500-1650 AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.7 mm
Width: 22.2 mm
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 3.49 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 2nd January 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 22019
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Alvesdiston
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing |
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