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BUCKLE
Unique ID: DEV-CA3864
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy Medieval to Post-Medieval double looped buckle, probably dating to c. AD 1350-1650. The surviving frame comprises of a single oval loop, with the second lost to worn breaks. The frame is D-shaped in cross section with a narrowed central bar, flanked by knops. The bar is similarly D-shaped in cross secion. A copper alloy sheet pin survives wrapped around the bar. Areas of black may suggest traces of a linseed oil coating.
Dimensions: length 19.9mm; width 21.4mm; thickness 2.7mm; weight 2.69g.
The lack of any decoration makes it difficult to suggest anything more than a very general date range, a number of double looped buckles are published by Whitehead (2003), which he dates to AD 1350-1650.
Class: Cassels type 1.4B
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.9 mm
Width: 21.4 mm
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 2.69 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 5th January 2017 - Thursday 5th January 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt: 017393
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: East Devon (District)
To be known as: Poltimore CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing |
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