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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NLM730
Object type certainty: Certain
Viking belt buckle with plate, pin preserved. Frame oval with animal head, plate with very stylised animals and geometric decoration. 2 rivets still in place.
Similar to an example excavated at St Faith's Lane, Norwich (Popescu forthcoming). Other less complete examples are known from Fishergate, York (Rogers 1993, figs. 650 and 652, nos. 5314 and 5320) and a strap-end decorated with similar multiple Borre-style heads was excavated in Norwich (Margeson 1993, fig. 20, no. 227). Such strap-ends are Thomas's Class B, Type 4 (Thomas 2003, fig. 2, nos. 16-17).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 900
Date to: AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Length: 60.2 mm
Width: 21.5 mm
Thickness: 5.7 mm
Weight: 13.55 g
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: South Kesteven
To be known as: SOUTH KESTEVEN
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Other [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Unknown [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 14th April 1998
Personal details
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Recorded by: Marina Elwes
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Created:
Wednesday 9th September 1998
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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