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BUCKLE
Unique ID: WILT-40AFB7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Early Post-Medieval (1500-1650) cast copper alloy double-oval loop buckle frame, missing most of one loop and its pin. It measures 20.95mm in length, 24.95mm wide, 3.15mm thick and weighs 2.97 grams.
There is a lobed knop at either end of the central bar. Similar buckles can be seen in Whitehead (2003) pp.54-6, which he dates between 1500 and 1650
Class: Double loop
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.95 mm
Width: 24.95 mm
Thickness: 3.15 mm
Weight: 2.97 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st December 2011 - Saturday 31st December 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 3939
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Salisbury
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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