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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NCL-BC02AB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy buckle chape of late Medieval date, c. 1400-1500.
The buckle consists of an oval frame, square in section, with a rectangular attachment loop projecting from the back of the frame. The pin is missing.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.51 mm
Width: 18.27 mm
Thickness: 2.37 mm
Weight: 2.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 1983 - Thursday 31st December 1987
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
District: Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Heddon-on-the-Wall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ1167
Four figure Latitude: 54.99745866
Four figure longitude: -1.82958916
1:25K map: NZ1167
1:10K map: NZ16NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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