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BUCKLE
Unique ID: WMID-52F3D2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy buckle of post-medieval date. The buckle is double looped with moulded ribbed decoration on the upper side of the frame. The reverse of the flame is flat and undecorated. The strap bar divides the two loops of the buckle and there are moulded knops at either end of the strap bar. The strap bar has traces of ferrous corrosion on it from the iron pin which was found with the buckle frame but is broken and unattached. The pin measures 32.06 mm long, 6.59 mm wide, 5.37 mm thick and weighs 1.6 grams. The frame measures 50.15 mm long, 42.44 mm wide, 3.64 mm thick and weighs 17 grams. The surface has been treated with a black lacquer which has worn away in many places leaving a green patina.
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 50.15 mm
Width: 42.44 mm
Thickness: 3.64 mm
Weight: 18.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st June 2011 - Thursday 30th June 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Warwick (District)
Parish or ward: Beausale, Haseley, Honiley and Wroxall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP2271
Four figure Latitude: 52.336647
Four figure longitude: -1.678541
1:25K map: SP2271
1:10K map: SP27SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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