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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NLM-ECA8C2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy
Buckle. Cast oval frame with housing for a steel spindle [now lost] and moulded ends and edges. The buckle is curved along its length; probably a shoe buckle. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1660-1720.
Length: 33.9mm, Height: 21.9mm, Thickness: 4.0mm, Weight: 6.05gms.
Class: Shoe
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 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.9 mm
Height: 21.9 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 6.05 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 26th August 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM20522a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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