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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-1164D7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy buckle. Triangular plate with slightly curved projection on either side before hooked terminal, the tip of which is missing. The plate is drilled for the separate iron spindle with a slot for the pin, which is filled with iron corrosion from the spindle and possibly from the corroded remains of an iron pin. Length 30mm. Width 15mm. See Whitehead (2003, 92 - 93, no.578, 588 - 590 and 592) for buckles with hooked plates. 17th century.
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 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 2nd September 2013 - Monday 2nd September 2013
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Other reference: PastfindersI
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Near Lewes
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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