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BUCKLE

Unique ID: NCL-FDC847

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Fragment of a cast copper-alloy shoe buckle, c. 1700-1800.

The fragment of the frame is sub-rectangular in plan with central hole through the middle. On each side there are small arms decorated with incised diagonal lines. The back face of the frame bar is flat and undecorated.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 28.15 mm
Width: 6.54 mm
Thickness: 4.57 mm
Weight: 3.3 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: North East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
District: Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Ulgham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: NZ2392
Four figure Latitude: 55.221697
Four figure longitude: -1.640005
1:25K map: NZ2392
1:10K map: NZ29SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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2 comments

David Williams wrote @ 16:12:28 on the 5th September 2010.
I think this is a fragment of a Georgian shoe buckle. The hole is one of a pair taking the central cross bar.
Robert Collins wrote @ 09:29:36 on the 1st October 2010.
Thank you for the comment David. I have made the appropriate changes to the record.

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Recording Institution: NCL
Created: 13 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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