NLM-5EF561: Post-Medieval Buckle fragment

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BUCKLE

Unique ID: NLM-5EF561

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Copper alloy buckle fragment. Cast oval-ended buckle with a steel spindle (lost) and with a slightly expanded outer edge. The spindle housing bears a pair of vertically moulded grooves flanked by a stamped motif of circles and curving lines. The curvature in profile may suggest this was a shoe buckle. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1720-1790.

Length: 36.5mm, Height: 31.7mm, Thickness (at spindle housing): 4.2mm, Weight: 4.59gms.

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 1720
Date to: Circa AD 1790

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 36.5 mm
Height: 31.7 mm
Thickness: 4.2 mm
Weight: 4.59 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 16th December 2014

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NLM27873

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Northorpe (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK8997
Four figure Latitude: 53.46223621
Four figure longitude: -0.66093748
1:25K map: SK8997
1:10K map: SK89NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: NLM
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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