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BUCKLE

Unique ID: DEV-1C030B

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Post Medieval copper alloy buckle frame dating from c. AD 1720 to AD 1790. The frame is sub-retangular in plan with rounded corners and has a drilled frame for a seperate spindle. The spindle holes are at the centre of each shorter section of the frame. There is a groove running around the outside edge of the front of the frame; the back is plain and undecorated. Th espindle and chape are missing. The item is likely to have been used for a hat, knee or stock buckle. A similar example can be seen in Whitehead (2003) p 113; figure 729.

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 1720
Date to: Circa AD 1790

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 36 mm
Width: 34 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 12th April 2015

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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)
Parish or ward: Donyatt (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST3313
Four figure Latitude: 50.91255984
Four figure longitude: -2.95439151
1:25K map: ST3313
1:10K map: ST31SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Whitehead, R.	2003	Buckles 1250-1800	Chelmsford	Greenlight Publishing	113	729

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Recording Institution: DEV
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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