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BUCKLE
Unique ID: LEIC-BD8176
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy buckle plate, 38mm long, 17mm wide and 2mm thick. The obejcet is in fair condition with a reddish patina and weighs 7.14grams. The object consists of a rectangular flat plate which has a slightly raised border containing two raised swirls. These are mostly surrounded by what is probably enamel. At one end the object has two curved linear projections and at the opposite end it has a circular rivet hole in each corner..
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 7.14 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Rutland
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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