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BUCKLE
Unique ID: CPAT-D34306
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy figure of eight or 'spectacle buckle' from the 16th - 17th century. The buckle has a ridged 'D' section and a moulded shell at each end with small knops to either side of the central bar. The design features appear to be improved by filing, post casting. It is typical of Marshall Tudor type IIIc. The surface has a dark green patina and the pin is missing.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1580
Date to: Ante AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 46 mm
Width: 23 mm
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 5.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th April 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Oswestry Rural (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ2526
Four figure Latitude: 52.826288
Four figure longitude: -3.114528
1:25K map: SJ2526
1:10K map: SJ22NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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