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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SOM-7804A5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle frame with trapezoidal loops. The loops are rectangular in cross section. The outer edges of both loops are extended into points in the centre flanked by rounded knops at the corners. There is transversely incised line across each centre acting as a pin rest. There are projecting knops at the ends of the narrowed strap bar. The back is plain. The copper alloy pin is D-shaped in section with a flat back and convex front. It tapers gradually and consistantly from the end looped loosely around the strap bar to the slightly rounded point. The frame is 38.6mm long, 24.0mm wide and 3.5mm thick, 6.0mm including the pin; it weighs 10.68g.
Whitehead (2003: 84) illustrates a very similar frame, no.524, which he dates to c.1620-1680 AD and there are many similar examples on our database including SOM-F6B814. This buckle is curved in profile which is probably indicative of how it was used rather than post-depositional 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 1620
Date to: Circa AD 1680
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.6 mm
Width: 24 mm
Weight: 10.68 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 16623
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Near Wincanton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 1996 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 84 | 524 |
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