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BUCKLE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-5AF6A9
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper alloy medieval annular buckle, dating to c. AD 1200-1300. The frame is circular in shape, and sub circular in cross section, the underside being flattened. The frame is decorated with three groups of two incisions and three groups of three incisions all equally spaced around the frame. There is no evidence of a pin bar. The copper alloy pin survives complete and moves freely around the ring. There is a slight green patina in places. The buckle is 18mm in diameter with a thickness of 2mm.
The lack of restriction for the pin suggests this is a buckle rather than a brooch.
Class: Annular
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 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 1.4 g
Diameter: 18 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Reepham area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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