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BUCKLE
Unique ID: FAKL-E3B207
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Buckle plate made from sheet copper alloy, wrap around type with notches at one end for the pin and for the shoulders of the buckle frame. At the other end are the traces of two rivet holes. One face bear the remains of what appear to be a 1.0mm thick plate secured by two rivets integral to it. This is too incomplete to allow its form to be defined. Length 29.0mm, Width 18.0mm, Thickness (of sheet metal) 0.6mm, Mass 3.11g
Class: Plate
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1150
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29 mm
Width: 18 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 3.11 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B099
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
To be known as: Saxton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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