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BUCKLE
Unique ID: DOR-C126E0
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy single looped buckle frame. An oval frame with ornate outside edge. The outside edge has a knop at each end and is decorated with transverse grooves and ridges. The sides are curved and have a D-shaped cross section. The bar is offset and narrowed with a square cross section. The pin is missing.
Date: Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval, c. 1300 - 1400
Dimensions: 19.35 mm x 20.18 mm x 4.04 mm
Weight: 2.89 g
See Pritchard, F & Egan, G, 1991, Dress Accessories, page 72 - 73, No. 299 for similar
Class:
Single looped
Sub class: Oval frame with ornate outside edge
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: 29.35 mm
Width: 20.18 mm
Thickness: 4.04 mm
Weight: 2.89 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 020808
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: Melcombe Horsey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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