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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NLM-4999F2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy buckle fragment. Upper or lower side fragment from a rectangular buckle with a separate steel spindle [lost], the housing lying on a flange projecting from behind. The display side appears to bear paired strips of possibly billeted moulded decoration; a pronounced curvature may suggest a function as a shoe buckle. Abraded. Suggested date: post-Medieval, 1720-1790
Length: 49.6mm, Height/Width: 8.8mm, Thickness (at housing): 6.3mm, Weight: 7.90gms
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 1720
Date to: Circa AD 1790
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 49.6 mm
Height: 8.8 mm
Thickness: 6.3 mm
Weight: 7.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 12th November 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM41097
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Haxey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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