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BUCKLE

Unique ID: SOM-3473A1

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete copper alloy Medieval buckle dating to the period c. AD 1270-1350. The buckle is D shaped in profile, with a narrowed and offset axis bar. It is D shaped in section, and expands to a notched lip with a transverse knop either side. It is plain on the reverse, is missing the pin and has a grey patina. It is Meols type 9.

Cf. Meols, p. 84, fig. 2.5.1, no. 9.

Egan and Pritchard (1991) no. 295, p.73 which dates to AD 1270-1350.

The buckle measures 18.24mm in length, 16.26mm in width and is 1.94mm thick. It weighs 1.17g.

Class: Cassels Type 1.3I

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1270
Date to: Circa AD 1350

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 18.24 mm
Width: 16.26 mm
Thickness: 1.94 mm
Weight: 1.17 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: receipt no. 016435

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Misterton

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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