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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: LEIC-F02DE4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Medieval copper alloy buckle, 19mm long, 15mm wide and 3mm thick. The buckle is in good condition with a grey/green patina and weighs 1.65grams. The buckle has a sub-rectangular frame, with one rounded end. It has an off set pin bar nearer to the rectangular end. The rounded end of the buckle has a semi-circular section the the curve is slightly off centre and contains a decorative protrusion which may be animal or human head? Two prominent ridges cross its surface and then a small ridge runs vertically below it. Below this is a semi-circular protrusion, which may be a mouth or chin. No pin or pin rest are present.
Class: strap slide
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 1.65 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 14th July 2008
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Kirby Bellars (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7217
Four figure Latitude: 52.74583659
Four figure longitude: -0.93484752
1:25K map: SK7217
1:10K map: SK71NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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