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BUCKLE
Unique ID: WILT-7E0428
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A post medieval copper alloy buckle dating to the period c AD 1660-1720. The buckle frame is complete but missing its spindle. It is a sub-annular shoe or knee buckle with a drilled frame for a separate spindle. The buckle is decorated with multiple transverse grooves on each end of the frame. In the centre of the frame, on either side, there is a central spherical knop over the spindle and on either side, a scooped concave section. The buckle is slightly convex at the front from the spindle fitting. The back of the spindle is undecorated with raised square sections just about the spindle fitting. There is corrosion beside the holes for fitting the spindle and the ends of the spindle appear to be in the frame. Cf Whitehead, R, 2003, Buckles 1250-1800, Greenlight Publishing Witham, p 98, No 605.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.91 mm
Height: 4.18 mm
Width: 18.13 mm
Thickness: 2.26 mm
Weight: 2.84 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4382
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: Garsdon
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Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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