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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NLM-E0CA13
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy buckle. Cast rectangular double looped buckle with moulded decoration on its outer edges, now bent outwards with some force from the central strap bar. Rust staining on the strap bar suggests the buckle was deposited together with its iron pin [now lost]. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650
Length: 29.3mm, Height: 25.4mm, Thickness: 2.2mm, Weight: 4.92gms
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.3 mm
Height: 25.4 mm
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Weight: 4.92 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 27th April 2021
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM48494
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Wharton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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