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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NLM-2DE28E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy buckle. Cast single looped or D-shaped buckle frame with an expanded and markedly canted concavo-convex outer edge, and with a narrowed strap bar. Heavily moulded decoration includes twin horizontal ribs set centrally on the outer edge to define a pin rest, and tripartite stepped zoomorphic beast head mouldings at the inner ends of the frame adjacent to the strap bar. Suggested date: Medieval, 1300-1500.
Length: 31.4mm, Height: 37.5mm, Thickness: 2.8mm, Weight: 13.67gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.4 mm
Height: 37.5 mm
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Weight: 13.67 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM42294
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Market Rasen
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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