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BUCKLE
Unique ID: LVPL-AFF64C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle plated dating from the Medieval to the Post-Medieval period. The buckle is missing and would have been single looped. The plate is rectangular in plan and cross-section and loops around the strap bar, which remains in-situ, at one end. The plate has a U-shaped notch within which the incomplete pin sits. The pin remains mobile. The plate is held together with three domed circular rivets measuring 3.87mm in diameter.
The upper face of the plate is decorated with two transverse grooves between which are a series of small vertical grooves. Another transverse groove decorates the opposite end of the plate. The object has a dark brown patina where remaining and is corroded in places.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.75 mm
Width: 17.46 mm
Thickness: 4.48 mm
Weight: 8.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st May 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: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Brereton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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