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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SWYOR-A4DC16
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Post Medieval buckle dating from abpout AD 1550 - 1750. It is a single looped rectangular buckle, wide across the strap, but short from pin bar to pin rest. The outer edge and sides are expended into a wide rectangular field decorated with a mass of wide grooves forming chevrons and triangles. There are two pin rests on the outer edge; they are deep grooves flanked by ridges. The bar is rounded. The pins are missing. The inner edge fo the frame is champfered on the reverse. It is 21mm long, 46.2mm wide and 3mm thick. It weighs 8.62gm. An identical example is LEIC-D46FB1.
Class: Cassels type 1.7G
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21 mm
Width: 46.2 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 8.62 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 28th January 2018 - Sunday 28th January 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 3041
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
Parish or ward: Eldmire with Crakehill (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4375
Four figure Latitude: 54.16900304
Four figure longitude: -1.34284868
1:25K map: SE4375
1:10K map: SE47NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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