Rights Holder: Somerset County Council
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Unique ID: DEV-B30182
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Medieval copper alloy bucke plate, probably dating to c. AD 1200-1400. The buckle plate is sub-rectangular, comprising of copper alloy sheet cut into two oval lobes arranged longitudinally and divided by a transverse bar, with a second bar at the buckle end, with a smaller, plain rectangular back-plate connected by two rectangular arms which would have curved around the bar of the buckle. The buckle plate is perforated four times, twice on each lobe and with each retaining a separate copper alloy rivet. The backplate only reaches the intial rivets. The plate is undecorated.
Dimensions: length 42.4mm; width 21.7mm; thickness of sheet 1.2mm; thickness including void 5.5mm; weight 8.33g.
Buckle plates of broadly similar form, featuring 'wriggle-work' decoration and attached to buckles of 13th/14th century form can be seen recorded on this database, cf. KENT-F02218, SOM-A92C40, NMS-AAF5F7. A broad 1200-1400 date range is therefore suggested.
Class: Plate
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Quantity: 1
Length: 42.4 mm
Width: 21.7 mm
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Weight: 8.33 g
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Other reference: SCC receipt: 019412
4 Figure: SY0887
Four figure Latitude: 50.67536576
Four figure longitude: -3.30339115
1:25K map: SY0887
1:10K map: SY07SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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