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BUCKLE

Unique ID: SOM-371D95

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Copper-alloy single-looped 'D' shaped Post-Medieval buckle frame, incomplete in so far as it is missing its pin. It has concave curved top and bottom sides. The strap bar is narrowed and recessed. The outer side is convex curved with a single lobed knop projecting from the centre, the knop is emphasised by diagonal grooves running across the frame, flanking the inner edges. The reverse is concave, apart from the strap bar. Length: 26.1mm, Width: 22.8mm, Thickness: 2.9mm, Weight: 2.33g.

A very similar example may be seen in Whitehead (2003, 28; ref.145) which he dates to c.AD 1500-1650.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1500
Date to: Exactly AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 26.1 mm
Width: 22.8 mm
Thickness: 2.9 mm
Weight: 2.33 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCC receipt 19985

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
Parish or ward: Ilchester (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST5222
Four figure Latitude: 50.99538165
Four figure longitude: -2.68534641
1:25K map: ST5222
1:10K map: ST52SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Whitehead, R.	2003	Buckles 1250-1800	Chelmsford	Greenlight Publishing

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Recording Institution: SOM
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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