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BUCKLE
Unique ID: DOR-375FCD
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy double looped buckle frame.The buckle frame was rectangular with a curvilinear outer edge to the frame. One ornate rectangular loop remains. The frame is decorated with cast low relief comprising a fleur de lys at either end of the centre bar, a sexfoil at the mid point of the end of the loop with a projecting knop, and curlicues at the sides. The bar is narrowed from the frame and trapezoidal in cross section. The rear is undecorated. The pin is missing.
Date: Post- Medieval - c. 17th to early 18th century
Dimensions: 29.07 mm x 30.67 mm x 1.71 mm
Weight: 4.60 g
Whitehead, R, 1996, Buckles 1250 - 1800 p. 71, no. 444 dates this type of buckle to 1600 - 1720
DOR-FBDFC2
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: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.07 mm
Width: 30.67 mm
Thickness: 1.71 mm
Weight: 4.6 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS entry 017070
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Burton Bradstock (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SY5290
Four figure Latitude: 50.70764319
Four figure longitude: -2.68114105
1:25K map: SY5290
1:10K map: SY50NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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