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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SOM-B8A43D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval cast copper alloy single looped buckle, complete with pin. It consists of a 'D'-shaped frame with a narrowed and recessed strap bar. The frame is oval in section. At the centre of the outer side of the loop projects to a knob, the knop is thicker than the rest of the frame and has a slight groove down the centre for a pin rest. The pin survives bent around the strap bar and is a brighter green than the frame, suggesting a different alloy. The pin is rectangular section, and tapers in width towards the end, a grove down the front suggests it was made of sheet with the edges hammered in. The bucklemeasures 17.5 mm in length, 15.9 mm in width, 2.3 mm in thickness and weighs 1.70 g.
Similar ones may be found in Egan (2007:88) e.g. no.497, which he categorises as Meols type 4 dating to the late 14th century.
Class: Meols type 4, Cassels Type 1.3D
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.5 mm
Width: 15.9 mm
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight: 1.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2015 - Monday 2nd March 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 16431
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: Alvediston
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffiths, D., Philpott. R. and Egan, G. | 2007 | Meols: The Archaeology of the North West Wirral Coast | Oxford | Oxford University School of Archaeology | 88 | 794 |
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