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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NLM-EFDEF7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy buckle frame. Tiny cast double looped or spectacle buckle, with one outer edge slightly wider than the other. The object has been bent , with both sides pulled forward from the strap bar. Suggested date: Late Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1350-1650.
Length (as found): 18.4mm, Height: 13.5mm, Thickness: 1.6mm, Weight: 1.09gm
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.4 mm
Height: 13.5 mm
Thickness: 1.6 mm
Weight: 1.09 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 23rd October 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM24023a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Scawby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9604
Four figure Latitude: 53.52390748
Four figure longitude: -0.55339903
1:25K map: SE9604
1:10K map: SE90SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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