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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NLM-2A7A45
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy, heavily leaded.
Buckle, possibly spur buckle. Cast oval frame with protruding lip, two stepped prongs make up a spacer to engage a separate plate (now lost). A short pin remains wound round pin bar. In London, similar buckles come from contexts dated c.1330-1400; their use for garters and other items is discussed, the type may be distinctively English (Eganand Pritchard 1991, pages 78-82). Suggested date: Medieval, 1330-1400.
Length: 39.83mm, Width (loop): 19.80mm, Thickness: 3.06mm, Weight: 4.03gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1330
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39.83 mm
Width: 19.8 mm
Thickness: 3.06 mm
Weight: 4.03 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 21st April 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM14401
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Barton upon Humber
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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