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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SOM-4B62FE
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy pin from a buckle with a locking arm. The pin has a solid tube that would have gone over the spindle spanning the buckle frame from which projects a long, flat triangular point, the tip of which is missing to a patinated break. The tube is oval in cross section and the hole thorugh it is also slightly oval, although more circular than the tube. There are various file marks on the pin. The tube is 12.7mm wide and 5.1mm thick and the entire pin including the tub is 15.4 long and weighs 1.99 grams.
SOM-62A024 and SOM-D24A77 on this database are complete examples still attached to their buckles. Margeson (1993:28, no.139) suggests a 14th century date for this form.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.4 mm
Width: 12.7 mm
Thickness: 5.1 mm
Weight: 1.99 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 5th October 2014 - Sunday 5th October 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 17042, finders ref JP 23
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: West Knoyle CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margeson, S. | 1993 | Norwich Households: Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78 | Norwich | East Anglian Archaeology |
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