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BUCKLE
Unique ID: LIN-5E320A
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy zoomorphic D shaped buckle frame, of the Early Medieval period, dating from c. AD 1000 to c. AD 1100.
The frame is D shape in plan and also in section. The crecent-shaped frame is in the form of an animal with a head at either end, both of which bite down onto the pin bar. The outward facing side of the frame is decorated with a series of ribs, and in the centre is a deep notch for the pin to rest in. Both heads are depicted in an abstract, faceted form, and both have an upturned snout, almost serpent-like. The pin bar is narrow and sub-rectangular in section. The inward facing side of the frame is smooth and apparently undecorated apart from at the animal heads, though the ribbed decoration may have been lost through persistent rubbing on the strap.
Several similar buckles have been recorded on the PAS database including: LVPL-AAE215, HESH-913D85, YORYM-DEE071, YORYM-023A40, KENT-A88102, WMID-679087 and WMID-C8C0E2. They have all been attributed to the Late Anglo-Saxon period (AD1000 - AD 1100).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28 mm
Width: 21 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 10.81 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Linwood (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF1186
Four figure Latitude: 53.359233
Four figure longitude: -0.33357711
1:25K map: TF1186
1:10K map: TF18NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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