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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NLM-3CA6A1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy buckle fragment. Cast copper alloy double looped buckle with a knop at either end of the narrowed strap bar and paired mouldings on its outer edge, possibly serving as a pin rest. Coated in black material. One loop is lost, and what remains has been wrenched forward of its strap bar with some force, though the buckle might have continued in use after this. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650.
Length: 24.7mm, Height: 27.6mm, Thickness: 2.7mm, Weight: 4.58gms
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: 24.7 mm
Height: 27.6 mm
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 4.58 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 23rd August 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM37303
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Black coated
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Scotter
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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