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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NLM-B96043
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy buckle. Cast sub-rectangular buckle frame with outwardly bowed sides, a narrowed and offset strap bar and a sheet metal roller with butted seam on its outer edge where it is retained by a rounded knop at either end. A folded and slotted rectangular buckle plate of thickness 0.6mm clasps the inner edge of the frame, and bears two holes, one drilled and one pierced, to attach it to the strap [lost]. A drawn wire pin is looped around the strap bar. Suggested date: Medieval, 1300-1400
Length: 35.1mm, Height: 16.8mm, Thickness (frame): 3.0mm, Weight: 4.56gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.1 mm
Height: 16.8 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 4.56 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 14th October 2021
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM48354
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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