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BUCKLE
Unique ID: PAS-258B81
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval copper-alloy double-looped buckle frame with trapezoidal loops. The loops are rectangular in cross section, with steep external bevelling on the upper surface. The outer edges of both loops are extended into rounded points in the centre flanked by squared off knops at the corners. There is transversely incised line across each centre acting as a pin rest. These are at right angles to incised lines across the outer edges adjacent to the loops. There are short, projecting angled knops at the ends of the narrowed strap bar. The back is flat and plain. The copper alloy pin is rectangular in cross-section. It is formed of a thick strip curled round for attachment. At the other end it tapers at its tip to a rounded point.
Whitehead (2003, 84) illustrates a very similar frame, no. 524, which he dates to c. AD 1620-1680 and there are many similar examples on our database, including SOM-F6B814. This buckle is curved upwards at both ends in profile which is probably indicative of how it was used rather than post-depositional damage. It has corroded to a dull grey colour.
It measures 33.2mm by 22.9mm by 2.3mm and weighs 6.07g.
Class: double-looped
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Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1620
Date to: Circa AD 1680
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.2 mm
Width: 22.9 mm
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight: 6.07 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 3rd April 2014 - Thursday 3rd April 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Weekend Wanderers USA Tour March-April 2014
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: Lockinge (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4289
Four figure Latitude: 51.59828479
Four figure longitude: -1.39502947
1:25K map: SU4289
1:10K map: SU48NW
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. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 84 | 524 |
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