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BUCKLE
Unique ID: LANCUM-7C6C17
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete unusual copper-alloy double looped buckle frame. No clear parallels have been found for this buckle but double looped buckles are known to be decorated with a ring and dot pattern in the Post-Medieval broadly dating 1500 to 1700AD. The frame slightly curves which is suggestive of a shoe buckle and it is missing the pin. There are two holes at either side of the strap bar and these may have houses insets such as glass or semi-precious stones. Along the top and bottom of the plates front face is decoration in the form of a series of ring and dot motifs. The back face is undecorated. The length is 43mm, the width and the weight 5.02g.
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 65 mm
Width: 12 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 5.02 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 10th September 2018 - Monday 10th September 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Ribble Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Clitheroe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD7541
Four figure Latitude: 53.8646076
Four figure longitude: -2.38163198
1:25K map: SD7541
1:10K map: SD74SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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