DOR-08E2CB: Medieval to Post medieval double looped buckle.

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BUCKLE

Unique ID: DOR-08E2CB

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An copper alloy double looped buckle dating to c.1350-1650. The frame is made up of two oval loops that have a plano-convex section and chamfered inside edges. The centre bar is narrowed from the frame, it has a trapezoidal section. The pin is wrapped around the central bar and tapers to a blunt point, it has a trapezoidal section. The reverse is flat and undecorated.
Reference: Whitehead.R, 1996, pg.53, no.294.
Date: Medieval to Post Medieval
Dimensions: 21.58mm x 17.09mm x 2.06mm (pin length 12.12mm)
Weight: 2.18g

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 21.58 mm
Width: 17.09 mm
Thickness: 2.06 mm
Weight: 2.18 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 7th October 2018

Rally details.

This object was found at Piddletrenthide October 2018

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: FRS 78

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

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

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SY7199
Four figure Latitude: 50.78983684
Four figure longitude: -2.41278403
1:25K map: SY7199
1:10K map: SY79NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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	pg.54	no.310

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

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