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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SOM-71BE54
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A medieval or post medieval cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle 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 both internally and externally on the upper surface; the lower surface is flat. The pin bar has a trapezoidal cross-section. Towards its centre is iron corrosion product from the absent pin. The buckle frame has a mid-green patina. Length: 24.0mm, Width: 20.8mm, Thickness: 2.1mm, Weight 2.84g
Class: double-looped
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Charltons Historical Society
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24 mm
Width: 20.8 mm
Thickness: 2.1 mm
Weight: 2.84 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2006 - Tuesday 31st July 2007
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
Parish or ward: Charlton Mackrell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST5228
Four figure Latitude: 51.04933099
Four figure longitude: -2.68614263
1:25K map: ST5228
1:10K map: ST52NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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