DOR-B4EF98: Post Medieval double looped buckle

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BUCKLE

Unique ID: DOR-B4EF98

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Incomplete cast copper alloy buckle. Half of a double looped trapeziodal buckle frame. The frame is flat with a rectangular cross section. There are large, flat, circular knops on each corner and at the mid point of the short edge. There is a similar knop at the end of the integral centre bar. The centre bar is narrowed from the bar with a trapeziodal cross section.
Date: Post Medieval - c. 1600 - 1700
Dimensions: 25.83 mm x 28.80 mm x 2.01 mm
Weight: 3.52 g
Reference - Whitehead, 1996, Buckles 1250 - 1800, page 84

Class: Double looped

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 1600
Date to: Exactly AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 25.83 mm
Width: 28.8 mm
Thickness: 2.01 mm
Weight: 3.52 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 30th December 2014

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCMS 016688

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Fifehead Magdalen (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST7820
Four figure Latitude: 50.97898407
Four figure longitude: -2.31474914
1:25K map: ST7820
1:10K map: ST72SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Recording Institution: DOR
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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