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BUCKLE
Unique ID: WMID-BB8224
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy fragment of what may be an ornate post-medieval buckle frame, although as the object is so fragmentary it is difficult to say for certain. It is slightly convex on the reverse and has moulded abstract, curved decoration. It is broken at each end. The reverse is undecorated. It measures 14.97 mm long, 9.02 mm wide, 2.93 mm thick and weighs 1.5 grams. It has a dark green patina.
Class: Frame
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.97 mm
Width: 9.02 mm
Thickness: 2.93 mm
Weight: 1.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 25th January 2011 - Tuesday 29th March 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Claverley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO8195
Four figure Latitude: 52.552508
Four figure longitude: -2.28165
1:25K map: SO8195
1:10K map: SO89NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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