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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NLM-C8B850
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy buckle fragment. Cast sub-rectangular buckle frame with rounded corners, ends which are slightly expanded within the loop of the frame, and with a housing for a separate steel spindle [lost]. The marked curvature observed in profile may suggest a use as a shoe buckle. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1720-1790.
Length: 30.5mm, Height: 23.4mm, Thickness (at housing: 3.7mm, Weight: 2.57gms
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: 30.5 mm
Height: 23.4 mm
Thickness: 3.7 mm
Weight: 2.57 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 3rd July 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM39831
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
To be known as: Kirk Smeaton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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