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BUCKLE
Unique ID: LIN-D3FAE3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A medieval copper alloy buckle plate. The plate is flat, rectangular, and has an incomplete frame. The attachment end of the plate is decorated with two concave areas, creating an undulating edge. The body of the plate is decorated with two slender rectangular recesses which might be imitating windows or niches, or some other aspect of ecclesiastical architecture. A rivet hole and hole for a pin are located next to the recesses.
Similar buckle plates depicting arches, windows, or niches are known, though these occur more often on openwork plates such as NMS-283FD7. See also SOM-C66CC2 for an openwork example set against a backplate.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 3.3 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: Boston (District)
To be known as: Freiston area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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