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BUCKLE
Unique ID: ESS-D674F5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Post Medieval Copper Alloy double loop buckle, dating AD1550-1650. The buckle is formed of two oval loops and a pin, which survives attached to the bar. There is no decoration but at either end of the central bar, there are rounded knops and circular projections on the outer edges of the frame. Fragments of the leather strap survived in association with the object.
There are many examples on the database of this type of buckle and similar examples in Whitehead (2003, 65)
Dimensions: length: 35 mm; width: 18mm.
Reference: Whitehead, R. 2003. 'Buckles 1250-1800' Greenlight Publishing, Essex.
Notes:
Record created by the images and information supplied by finder. Artefact/coin not seen by FLO. Dimensions estimated from photo.
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Uttlesford (District)
Parish or ward: Great Dunmow (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL6223
Four figure Latitude: 51.88202991
Four figure longitude: 0.35227697
1:25K map: TL6223
1:10K map: TL62SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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