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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NLM-616E9D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy buckle fragment. Cast button-ended chape from a large composite buckle with a separate spindle [frame and spindle lost], Whitehead form I. A stamped panel on the upper side with the button may bear maker's details; this reporter reads the imprint as : S / O O. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1660-1720.
Length: 36.8mm, Height: 19.7mm, Thickness: 2.4mm, Weight: 6.47gms
Class:
Chape
Sub class: Whitehead form I
Inscription:
S / O O
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 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.8 mm
Height: 19.7 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 6.47 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 27th August 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM37416
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Wharton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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