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BUCKLE
Unique ID: LEIC-2E4A25
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval copper alloy buckle, 43mm in length, 22mm wide and 3mm thick with a weight of 4.01grams.
The object is sub rectangular in form and cross section and consists of a double loop with slight pointed projections at each outer side and sub rectangular knops at each end. These have a double incised line acroos them with deep gilding in the recesses. The central pin bar has slight projections and there are faint traces of gilding over the surface. The buckle is similar to fig 373, p. 62 in Whiteheads Buckles.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43 mm
Width: 22 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 4.01 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
To be known as: Melton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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