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BUCKLE
Unique ID: LEIC-709A5D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy buckle fragment, 23mm long, 15mm wide and 5mm thick with a weight of 3.10g.
The buckle is triangular in form and rectangular in cross section. It forms just over half a buckle and has a D shpaed loop which extends slightly past the central pin bar. The loop terminates in a triangular shaped projection, which may represents a worn animal head? The buckle is curved in profile, proibably to accomodate a strap.
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 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 3.1 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: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
District: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Whitwell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK9108
Four figure Latitude: 52.66209202
Four figure longitude: -0.65594873
1:25K map: SK9108
1:10K map: SK90NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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