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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SOM-E93014
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval cast copper-alloy buckle frame. The frame is broadly 'D' shaped in plan, with a protruding pointed lip for the pin in the centre of the outer edge. The lip seems to have a notched centre for the pin to rest in formed by an incised line. The frame is broadly D-shaped in section with a flattened inner side. The strap bar is slightly offset and recessed. The pin is missing. The buckle measures 17.3mm long, 20.9mm wide and 3.3mm thick; it weighs 1.89g.
Similar buckles are illustrated in Egan (2007:91) e.g. no.496-497. These examples are categorised as a Meols type 4 and it is suggested they date from the late 14th century (ibid:88).
Notes:
This item was recorded at a rally and therefore the description and in particular photograph is likely to be below our usual standards.
Class: Meols type 4, Cassels Type 1.3D
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Exactly AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.3 mm
Width: 20.9 mm
Thickness: 3.3 mm
Weight: 1.89 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 29th January 2012
Rally details.
This object was found at EDMC, North Curry, 29 Jan 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Rally ticket 477
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Taunton Deane (District)
Parish or ward: North Curry (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST3125
Four figure Latitude: 51.020215
Four figure longitude: -2.985116
1:25K map: ST3125
1:10K map: ST32NW
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffiths, D., Philpott. R. and Egan, G. | 2007 | Meols: The Archaeology of the North West Wirral Coast | Oxford | Oxford University School of Archaeology | 88, 91 | 496-497 |
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