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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NLM-0D99B2
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver possible buckle frame, as identified by the finder. A light single looped frame probably cut from sheet metal of thickness 1.1mm, with scalloped and slightly expanded outer edges. The symmetrical decoration recalls that of 18th-century knee or shoe buckles, though how this object could work is uncertain; there is no trace of a spindle or other provision for fastening, and it was clearly flimsy; perhaps a definition as a strap loop would be more satisfactory. The loop may simply have been threaded on a ribbon as a decorative costume feature. Now squashed. Suggested date: possibly Post-Medieval, 1720-1790.
Length (as found): 13.7mm, Width (as found): 23.7mm, Weight: 1.07gms.
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 1720
Date to: Circa AD 1790
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.7 mm
Width: 23.7 mm
Weight: 1.07 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st October 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM23681a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Waltham (Unitary Authority Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA2704
Four figure Latitude: 53.51733897
Four figure longitude: -0.08604425
1:25K map: TA2704
1:10K map: TA20SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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