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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NCL-C8B460
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper-alloy buckle of Medieval date,probably late 13th or early 14th century. The buckle consists of a rectangular plate, engraved with a double-strand diagonal cross set in an engraved frame. It has a projecting lis terminal emerging from the centre of the rear edge; each of the leaves of the lis is decorated with a longitudinal engraved line. Almost all of the frame is missing, but the remains of the base of the arms can be seen, cast integral with the frame. A large oval hole can be found in the centre of the plate near the edge shared with the buckle frame, and this would have taken the pin. A smaller hole is found behind the hole for the pin, equal in size to a circular hole on the lis terminal, both of which were used for securing the buckle. The reverse is undecorated.
Compare a buckle with lis terminal and engraved decoration (mis-identified as a strap-end) found in a late 13th- or early 14th-century context in London (Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 608) and other closer examples on the PAS database such as PUBLIC-F5C028 and SF-62B9C1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1350
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 51.32 mm
Width: 27.91 mm
Thickness: 1.56 mm
Weight: 8.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 5th October 2013
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Revesby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF3263
Four figure Latitude: 53.14779383
Four figure longitude: -0.02774891
1:25K map: TF3263
1:10K map: TF36SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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