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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SOM-DC61E7
Object type certainty: Certain
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A corroded cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle frame of post-medieval date (c. AD 1500-1650), incomplete in so far as it is missing its pin. The loops are of pointed oval form; they incurve towards the pin bar. The pin bar itself is narrowed and terminates in a small pointed knop at each end. The points are central triangular protrusions on the outer edges; one features a transverse groove which would have acted as a pin rest. The frame is bevelled both externally and internally on its upper surface; the former is more gradual. The pin bar is therefore trapezoidal in cross-section. The buckle has been distorted following old damage, with one loop bent upwards, and the other downwards. The frame generally has a dull grey-green colour with patches of light-green and brown corrosion product. Similar buckle frames can be found illustrated in Whitehead (2003, 61-63).
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This record was made from details kindly supplied by the finder.
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: 35 mm
Width: 25 mm
Weight: 6.68 g
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 25130
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Mendip (District)
To be known as: Near Wells
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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