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BUCKLE
Unique ID: DEV-E6A780
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval copper alloy single looped buckle, probably dating to c. AD 1250-1450. The frame is D-shaped in plan, with a narrowed and offset bar and an expanded outside edge, the latter having a slight central waist, forming a rest for the pin. The outside edge is plano-convex in cross section, with the arms and bar being sub-rectangular. The expanded section of the frame is decorated with an incised lattice pattern, whilst the arms are each incised with a series of parallel lines, perpendicular to the length of the buckle.
Dimensions: length 19.4mm; width 23.8mm; thickness 4.0mm; weight 2.97g.
A number of buckles with elaborated outer frames excavated from medieval deposits in London are published by Egan & Pritchard (2002: fig. 46), with contexts dating to c. 1150-1450. Although not exactly fitting any type, the buckle resembles Meols types 8-10, which are more typically dated to the later 13th to early 15th centuries. It appears to be the same type as the incomplete Egan (2007, 107) no.792.
Class: Cassels type 1.3
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.4 mm
Width: 23.8 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 2.97 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 13th November 2017 - Monday 12th February 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt: 019887
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: South Hams (District)
Parish or ward: Marldon (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX8662
Four figure Latitude: 50.44673438
Four figure longitude: -3.60696359
1:25K map: SX8662
1:10K map: SX82SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. | 2002 | Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London) (2002) | London | HMSO |
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