DOR-1F22BE: Post Medieval douple looped buckle frame

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BUCKLE

Unique ID: DOR-1F22BE

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle frame. An oval, double looped D-sectioned frame with two knops on each loop.The bar is narrowed from the frame. The back is flat and undecorated. The pin has broken away from the framw but has been retained. One loop is missing. Similar buckles are recorded in Whitehead, R, 1996, Buckles 1250 - 1800, p. 63, see No. 382.
Date: Post-medieval - c 1550 - 1650
Dimensions: 17.52 mm x 21.59 mm x 2.21 mm
Weight: 2.31 g

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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 17.52 mm
Width: 21.59 mm
Thickness: 2.21 mm
Weight: 2.31 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCMS 017302

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: Purbeck (District)
Parish or ward: Bere Regis (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SY8296
Four figure Latitude: 50.76330752
Four figure longitude: -2.25658361
1:25K map: SY8296
1:10K map: SY86SW
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		382

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Recording Institution: DOR
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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