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BUCKLE
Unique ID: DEV-B1D1E1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Post Medieval copper alloy double-looped buckle, probably dating to the 16th century. One of two oval loops survive, with a central bar flanked by rosettes. The buckle frame is D-shaped in cross section, and with the outer edge of each frame expanding into a central point which is moulded into a series of knops, probably a rossette or other floral design. Traces of a black laquer coating survive on the surface.
Dimentions: length 28.1mm; width 27.1mm; thickness 1.9mm; it weighs 2.75g.
Similar buckles with more rounded rosettes tend to be attributed a later 16th-century date (Egan 2005, 35; ref. 88, found in a 17th century context but assumed to be residual), although the type must pre-date 1545 as it was found on the Mary Rose (Gardiner ed. 2005, 104; ref. 82A5069). Numerous comparible examples can be seen recorded on this database, as well as published by Margeson (1993: 31, no. 174). An example with a similarly pointed frame is illustrated by Whitehead (2006: 66, no. 410), which he dates to AD 1550-1650.
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 1540
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.1 mm
Width: 27.1 mm
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 2.75 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st July 2017 - Saturday 21st October 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt: 019755
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: Torridge (District)
Parish or ward: Broadwoodwidger (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX3988
Four figure Latitude: 50.669346
Four figure longitude: -4.27970003
1:25K map: SX3988
1:10K map: SX38SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. | 2005 | Material Culture in London in an Age Of Transition: Tudor and Stuart period finds c.1450 - c.1700 from excavations at riverside sites in Southwark | London | Museum of London Archaeology Service | |||
| Gardiner, J. and Allen, M.J. | 2005 | Before the Mast: Life and Death Aboard the Mary Rose | Portsmouth | The Mary Rose Trust Ltd. | |||
| Margeson, S. | 1993 | Norwich Households: Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78 | Norwich | East Anglian Archaeology | |||
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing |
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