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BUCKLE

Unique ID: CORN-E32F13

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Small copper alloy buckle plate with a gilded front face, made of a piece of sheet metal folded over to fasten onto the bar of a buckle, with a semi-circular recess cut out to hold the pin. There are two copper alloy rivets set longtitudinally to fasten the buckle plate on to a leather strap, a fragment of which is still caught between the front and back plate. The plate itself is tapered from the buckle end and rounded at the opposite end.

Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar buckle plate with a tapered end on p.27, no.133, which is dated from c.1300-1500

Egan & Pritchard (2002) illustrate a similar plate on p.66, fig.40, no.262, which is dated from c.1350-1400.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 18.5 mm
Width: 12.5 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 1.2 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 16th May 2018 - Wednesday 16th May 2018

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Leather
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Chilcombe (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SY5290
Four figure Latitude: 50.70764319
Four figure longitude: -2.68114105
1:25K map: SY5290
1:10K map: SY50NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Found on a rally near Bridport in Dorset organised by UK Metal Detecting.
General landuse: Cultivated land

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	p.66, fig.40	no.262
Whitehead, R.	2003	Buckles 1250-1800	Chelmsford	Greenlight Publishing	p.27	no.133

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Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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