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BUCKLE
Unique ID: ESS-CB5345
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Post Medieval copper alloybuckle, dating 16th-17th century. This is a double-looped rectangular buckle, with a flat frame and slightly rounded axial bar.The pin and one of the loops is no longer present. There is a dark brown pattina and possible traces of a white metal coating, likely to be tin.
Similar examples can be seen on the PAS database, cf. BH-F182B2 and tend to date to the 16th-17th century.
Dimensions: length: 21.08 mm; width: 24.61 mm; thickness: 2.12 mm; weight: 3.31g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.08 mm
Width: 24.61 mm
Thickness: 2.12 mm
Weight: 3.31 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 7th September 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Tendring (District)
Parish or ward: Mistley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM1227
Four figure Latitude: 51.901192
Four figure longitude: 1.08017981
1:25K map: TM1227
1:10K map: TM12NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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