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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SOM-BD4210
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy medieval single-looped buckle with trapezoidal frame and folded sheet plate. The frame has slightly convex sides and rounded corners. The outer edge is narrowed at its centre to accommodate a folding sheet or roller which survives in place. The frame's bar is also narrowed and offset. The sheet plate is rectangular with slightly abraded edges. The lower half of the fold is both narrower and shorter than the upper half. They are connected an extant rivet at the attachment end. The frame end has recessed side to accommodate the frame; the gap afforded is generous. A perforation through both folds just beyond the frame formed the pin hole; the pin is now missing. For rectangular buckle frames see Egan and Pritchard (1991, 96; fig. 61). The frame and plate have a mid-/dark-green colour. A fragment of leather survived between the folds at the attachment end.
Class: Meols type D, Cassels Type 1.7D
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Exactly AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Width: 16.3 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 2.53 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st April 2013 - Monday 1st April 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 21983
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Leather
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Mendip (District)
To be known as: Near Frome
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. | 1991 | Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991) | London | Stationery Office Books | 96 | 61 |
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