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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NLM-53D003
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy with white metal plating buckle. Cast D shaped single looped buckle with offset strap bar and a thickened outer edge of rounded plano-convex section; a cast pin remains looped around the strap bar. There are slight traces of silvery plating on the pin. This object is more carefully formed than those simple oval-ended buckle frames at Middle Saxon Flixborough, and the offset bar anticipates the form of high medieval buckles. There is no trace of the beast head terminals characteristic of Viking style buckle frames, though the thickening of the outer edge of the frame is a common characteristic which may argue a contemporary date. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 1000-1100.
Length: 14.1mm, Height: 15.1mm, Thickness: 2.4mm, Weight: 1.73gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Scandinavian style
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.1 mm
Height: 15.1 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 1.73 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 8th November 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM24982a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: North Lincolnshire
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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