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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NLM-B97DD4
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy possible buckle fragment. Cast slightly curved plano-convex fragment with moulded segmental vermiform detail and a longitudinal mid rib. Possibly from a snake buckle, a form of fastener current from the 16th to 20th centuries; the accompanying finds would indicate a more recent date is probable. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1750-1900.
Length: 18.5mm, Width: 6.7mm, Thickness: 2.8mm, Weight: 2.25gms
Class: Snake
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 1750
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.5 mm
Width: 6.7 mm
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Weight: 2.25 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st September 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM33704
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Caistor
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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