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BUCKLE
Unique ID: WREX-9AE27C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete copper alloy, double-loop oval buckle with moulded decoration dating c. 1550-1650 AD. Only one of the loops survives, the other is missing. The outer edge of the loop has two small knops either side of a mould decorated rosette. There is a small knop at either end of the integral strap bar. The reverse of the buckle is flat and undecorated. The pin is missing.
Length: 31.6mm; width: 36.5mm; thickness: 2.4mm; weight: 5.13g
Notes:
A similar example is illustrated by Whitehead (2016, 67, No. 409)
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.6 mm
Width: 36.5 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 5.13 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st May 2019 - Thursday 30th May 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NWales PAS 190530
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Knockin
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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