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BUCKLE
Unique ID: BH-C985D7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy double-loop asymmetrical buckle frame dating to the Post-Medieval period (c. AD 1575-1700). The buckle frame is sub-rectangular in plan and D-shaped in cross-section. The outer edge of the rectangular loop has six lobed knops on the edge and there are lobed knops at two symmetrical points on the outer edge of the rounded loop. There is a lobed protrusion either end of the strap bar. The underside of the buckle frame is flat and plain. The pin is missing. The buckle frame measures 24mm in length, 19mm in width and is 2.5mm thick. It weighs 2.66 grams. As Whitehead 1996, Buckles 1250-1800, p. 92, no. 577.
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 1575
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24 mm
Width: 19 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 2.66 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2016 - Saturday 31st December 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Ashwell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL2639
Four figure Latitude: 52.03509855
Four figure longitude: -0.16457058
1:25K map: TL2639
1:10K map: TL23NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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