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BUCKLE
Unique ID: LANCUM-5E176B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A small cast copper alloy shoe buckle dating from the post-medieval period, c. AD1660-1720. It retains remains of an iron spindle and pin, and incomplete and distorted sheet chape with remains of an iron stud. There are two large moulded cusps on both sides of the frame, a pin notch on the one edge that is not obscured by iron corrosion, and a rectangular projection in the centre of both edges. Close to NMS-B1F6E5 and to FAKL-240798; and especially NMS-907616. Estimated overall length (including bent chape) 31mm. c.1660 - c.1720.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.5 mm
Height: 3.5 mm
Width: 15 mm
Weight: 3.07 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Eden (District)
To be known as: Kirkby Stephen
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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