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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SOM-F57882
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Post-medieval double looped copper alloy buckle, probably dating to c. AD 1500-1700. The surviving section comprises of one loop and the central bar, the former is oval, with an elaborated outter edge; three obliquely angled V-shaped grooves creating the impression of three lobes which lean slightly downwards. The loop is internally bevelled. The bar is slightly narrowed, sub-triangular in corss section and flanked by knops. The second loop is lost to worn breaks. There are traces of a lacquer coating.
Dimensions: length 19.1mm; width 23.8mm; thickness of frame 3.2mm; weight 2.54g.
cf. PUBLIC-839BB9, NMS-C834BC, IOW-F134D5 amongst others on this database.
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 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.1 mm
Width: 23.8 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 2.54 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2018 - Thursday 15th March 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt: 019842
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Taunton Deane (District)
Parish or ward: Lydeard St. Lawrence (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST1232
Four figure Latitude: 51.08054747
Four figure longitude: -3.25764221
1:25K map: ST1232
1:10K map: ST13SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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