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BUCKLE
Unique ID: LANCUM-7DE616
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval copper alloy rectangular shoe buckle. Originally it would have looked something like a Whitehead No 665. What remains is approximately 20% of the frame including the drilled spindle hole retaining the stump of an iron spindle. There are remnants of a coating, probably tinning. Dates to between c1720 and c1790 AD.
The length is 36mm, width is 9mm, thickness 7mm, and weight 2.61g.
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 1720
Date to: Circa AD 1790
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36 mm
Width: 9 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 2.61 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 5th December 2017 - Tuesday 5th December 2017
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: South Kesteven (District)
Parish or ward: Edenham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0620
Four figure Latitude: 52.76720528
Four figure longitude: -0.43038324
1:25K map: TF0620
1:10K map: TF02SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | No.665 |
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