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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NLM-B8BD63
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy buckle fragment, as identified by finder. Oval-ended plate formerly attached to a strap of 3.4mm thickness, wrapped around the pin bar of a double looped or spectacle buckle with low knops at either end of the pin bar. A pair of rivets of diameter 2.5mm fastened plate to strap. A bent pin protrudes from the slot in the plate. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1550-1650.
Length: 26.7mm, Height: 28.1mm, Thickness (of plate): 1.1mm, Weight: 5.44gms.
Class: Double Looped or Spectacle
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.7 mm
Height: 28.1 mm
Thickness: 1.1 mm
Weight: 5.44 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st May 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM16446a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Middle Rasen
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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