LANCUM-AF2521: Post-medieval buckle frame

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BUCKLE

Unique ID: LANCUM-AF2521

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast copper alloy buckle frame dating from the late 17th or early 18th century. Trapezoidal shoe or knee buckle with drilled frame for separate spindle (still in place). Pin missing. The frame is heavily tinned and all the tinning remains. The frame is made up of four bulbous mouldings and two curved moustache-ornaments.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1720

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 31 mm
Width: 23 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 7.45 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd June 2012

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: North West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: South Lakeland (District)
To be known as: Sedbergh

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: LANCUM
Created: 11 years ago
Updated: 11 years ago

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