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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SOM-8383A5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval copper alloy single-looped buckle, dating to c. AD 1350-1400. An oval shaped frame with a D-shaped cross section and which widens to the slight point on the outside edge and with an off-centre incised notch on the front forming a pin rest. The strap bar is slightly offset and flanked by moulded knops, the bar itself having a more sub-oval cross section and a slight widening in the centre with a peak on the inner edge. A simple copper alloy sheet pin is wrapped around the cross bar, this is held only very loosely in place and, although its point is slightly damaged by a recent break, does not appear to have ever been long enough to reach the rest and may be a replacement.
The buckle frame is 17.3mm long, 23.1mm wide and 2.4mm thick; including the pin it weighs 2.34g.
The buckle is of Meols Type 4, dated by Griffiths, Philpott and Egan (2007: 84) to the late 14th century.
Class: Meols type 4
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.3 mm
Width: 23.1 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 2.34 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 2nd June 2016 - Thursday 2nd June 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC Receipt: 017326
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Barrington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffiths, D., Philpott. R. and Egan, G. | 2007 | Meols: The Archaeology of the North West Wirral Coast | Oxford | Oxford University School of Archaeology |
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