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BUCKLE
Unique ID: LANCUM-071B1B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper-alloy double-loop trapezoidal buckle of early post-medieval date (c. 1620 - 1680 AD), complete with copper-alloy pin. The buckle has two trapezoidal loops which widen from a central pin bar. The outer edges at each end terminate in a pointed lip with a transverse pin notch on the upper face of each at the widest point. The sides of each loop extend beyond the frame, widening to a decorative knop. The central pin bar is further embellished at each end by a decorative knop. There is a copper-alloy pin curled around the pin bar at one end; this is rectangular in section and narrows considerably to a sharp point. The object is dark brown in colour with slight patches of green copper corrosion. The buckle is 35.94mm in length, 22.00mm in width and 2.70mm in thickness. It weighs 6.51g.
Similar examples can be seen in Whitehead (2016) Buckles 1250 - 1800, pp. 83-4, esp. nos. 520 and 523-5. It is from these that the date range posited for this example has been taken.
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 1620
Date to: Circa AD 1680
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.94 mm
Width: 22 mm
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 6.51 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: N5170
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Lancaster (District)
Parish or ward: Warton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD5072
Four figure Latitude: 54.14138837
Four figure longitude: -2.7668578
1:25K map: SD5072
1:10K map: SD57SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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