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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NLM-B3ABA1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy buckle. Cast double looped or spectacle buckle with a small knop at either end of the central strap bar. Possibly darkened by treatment with linseed oil in antiquity. The frame is bent slightly outwards from the strap bar. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650.
Length: 22.6mm, Height: 21.6mm, Thickness: 2.5mm, Weight: 3.21gms
Class: Cassels type 1.4B
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.6 mm
Height: 21.6 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 3.21 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 10th April 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM35965
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Gainsborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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