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BUCKLE
Unique ID: DENO-A5061D
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete mid to late Medieval copper-alloy single loop D-shaped buckle, dated c.1250-1500 AD. The buckle consists of the D-shaped buckle frame and D-shaped in section with the outer edge being broader than the sides. It has an offset and narrowed strap bar with a copper alloy sheet pin with two transverse ridges at the point where it is folded around the strap bar. For a broadly parallel published example see Whitehead's, 'Buckles 1250-1800', 2003, p. 19, Number 53.
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 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 12.5 mm
Width: 16.6 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 1.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 16th January 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: DENO ENQ49
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
To be known as: Farnsfield Area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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