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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SOM-746AA6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A small cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle frame of early post-medieval date, incomplete in so far as it is missing its pin. The frame is formed of two conjoined ovals such that the sides incurve. The frame is shallowly bevelled externally on the upper surface; the lower surface is bevelling internally accordingly. The pin bar has a trapezoidal cross-section. It is raised slightly at each end in a subtle knop. The buckle frame has corroded to a variable mid-green colour. In profile the buckle has been bent as a result of old damage.
Class: double-looped
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: 20.9 mm
Width: 16.8 mm
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight: 1.64 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st April 2013 - Monday 15th April 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 22459
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)
Parish or ward: East Huntspill (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST3345
Four figure Latitude: 51.2002684
Four figure longitude: -2.96032641
1:25K map: ST3345
1:10K map: ST34NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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