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BUCKLE

Unique ID: SOM-6E5616

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete post-medieval double oval looped buckle, of which only one loop and the central bar survives, probably dating to c. AD 1450-1700. The central bar is slightly narrowed at its centre. It is sub-triangular in cross section and flanked by two subtle knops, one at each end. The second loop is lost to worn breaks.

Dimensions: length 19.2mm; width 23.8mm; thickness of frame 2.6mm; weight 1.77g.

A similar example is illustrated in Margeson (1993:30, no.164) from a 17th century context , with an incised line for a pin rest in the centre of each loop. It is likely similar examples were in use earlier, into the late Medieval period. Cassels type 1.4B.

Class: Cassels type 1.4B

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 19.2 mm
Width: 23.8 mm
Thickness: 2.6 mm
Weight: 1.77 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st September 2018 - Saturday 1st December 2018

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCC Receipt 019430

Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

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

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST2435
Four figure Latitude: 51.10923645
Four figure longitude: -3.08700133
1:25K map: ST2435
1:10K map: ST23NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Margeson, S.	1993	Norwich Households: Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78	Norwich	East Anglian Archaeology

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Recording Institution: SOM
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: About one year ago

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