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BUCKLE
Unique ID: LANCUM-189C74
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete copper-alloy double-loop buckle of post-medieval date (c. 1570 - 1700 AD). The buckle consists of a rectangular frame which would have been separated into two equally-sized rectangular loops by a pin bar; this has broken, leaving two small stumps with worn, broken edges. The buckle frame has a bevelled outer edge and curved corners. It has a smooth dark-brown patina. The object is 21.38mm in length, 19.16mm in width and 1.65mm in thickness. It weighs 1.71g.
Similar examples are depicted in Whitehead (2003) Buckles, p. 75, from whence the date range posited for this example has been taken.
Class: Double-loop rectangular
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 1570
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.38 mm
Width: 19.16 mm
Thickness: 1.65 mm
Weight: 1.71 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 23rd August 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: N5687
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Allerdale (District)
To be known as: Near Cockermouth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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