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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF-5E96CE
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy rectangular double-looped buckle frame of Post-Medieval date. It is missing the majority of one loop due to old breaks, now worn.
It is flat with a triangular outer edge. All external edges are bevelled. The bar is narrowed, with a rectangular section and rectangular D-shaped lobes at the junctions of the bar and frame. In the centre of the bar is a rectangular pin groove.
This buckle frame measures 26.89mm in length, 21.31mm in width, 2.23mm in thickness, 3.23g in weight.
There is a similar example from Whitehead (Whitehead, 2003, p. 82, no. 512) and recorded on the PAS database (SF-674892), (SF-94EC41), (SF-16FB87), (SF-F5E541).
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.89 mm
Width: 21.31 mm
Thickness: 2.23 mm
Weight: 3.23 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Field 4
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
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