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BUCKLE
Unique ID: LEIC-FCB946
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy buckle. 32mm in length, 27mm wide and 5mm thick with a weight of 5.48grams.
The frame is sub rectangular in form and cross section. It comprises a larger plain oval shaped loop with a joining smaller rectangular loop to house a strap. In between the two is a central bar which has a central recessed area hold the pin, which is still partially wrapped around it.
A similar example is illustrated by Egan & Pritchard (2002: 103, no. 472) from a phase dated by ceramics to c. 1400-1450. cf. similar examples on this database: PUBLIC-4B301F, PUBLIC-5125E3, NLM-7C3824, DOR-891274, SWYOR-712D5E and KENT-D13121.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32 mm
Width: 27 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 5.48 g
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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: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Freeby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8022
Four figure Latitude: 52.78965158
Four figure longitude: -0.81514442
1:25K map: SK8022
1:10K map: SK82SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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