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BUCKLE
Unique ID: LVPL-A35D95
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
One half of a cast copper alloy double looped oval buckle. The object has moulded foliate decoration on the outer face of the frame. The end of the frame and either end of the strap bar are decorated with a projecting quatrefoil moulding. The pin is missing. The rear of the object is flat and undecorated. The object terminates with a break which occurred during antiquity. It has a dark brown patina.
A similar example which can be found in Whitehead, (2003), is on p65, no. 397.
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: 35.39 mm
Width: 38.08 mm
Thickness: 3.49 mm
Weight: 7.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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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: Warrington (Unitary Authority)
District: Warrington (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Winwick
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing |
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