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BUCKLE

Unique ID: CORN-6C3ED9

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast copper alloy double-loop, trapezoidal buckle with moulded outer edges consisting of two outer lobes at each end of the buckle on either side of a pointed triangular projection. The pointed centre of the edge of each loop is engraved with a notch, for the pin to rest on. There is an engraved transverse line across the upper surface of each outer edge of the frame at the base of and at right angles to the pin notch. The pin bar is narrowed and flush with the frame, with a small knop on either end. The pin is missing and one side of one of the loops is broken. The inner edges of the two sides of the frame are chamfered and the outer edges are also straight-sided.

The buckle frame is 42 mm long and 27 mm wide and 2.5 mm in thickness. The pin bar including the lobes is 20 mm long and 2 mm wide.

Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar buckle on page 84, no.524, which is dated from c.1620-1680. Another was found in a 17th-century context at Pontefract Castle (Roberts 2002, 274, fig. 112, no. 14).

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1620
Date to: Circa AD 1680

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 42 mm
Width: 27 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 7.9 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 20th November 2016 - Sunday 20th November 2016

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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: Taunton Deane (District)
Parish or ward: Langford Budville (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST1122
Four figure Latitude: 50.99049334
Four figure longitude: -3.26945465
1:25K map: ST1122
1:10K map: ST12SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Roberts, I.	2002	Pontefract Castle: archaeological excavations 1982-1986	Wakefield	West Yorkshire Archaeology Service
Whitehead, R.	2003	Buckles 1250-1800	Chelmsford	Greenlight Publishing	84	no.524

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Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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