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BUCKLE
Unique ID: LIN-72CAE2
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy buckle dating to the 11th or 12th century. The buckle frame is D-shaped in plan and terminates at either side with a moulded beasts head biting onto a pin bar. The bar is narrowed.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1066
Date to: Circa AD 1250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26 mm
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
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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: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Saltfleetby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF4690
Four figure Latitude: 53.386665
Four figure longitude: 0.193807
1:25K map: TF4690
1:10K map: TF49SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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