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BUCKLE
Unique ID: LEIC-FC0556
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy rectangular buckle, 17mm long, 16mm wide and 2mm thick. The object is in good condition and weighs 1.73 grams. The buckle is rectangular in from and circular in section, it has a wide flat pin rest which fills one edge. This is decorated with two transverse grooves to mark the pin rest and a further groove to mark each edge.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 1.73 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
District: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Great Casterton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0009
Four figure Latitude: 52.669496
Four figure longitude: -0.522622
1:25K map: TF0009
1:10K map: TF00NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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