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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NLM-48FCC4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy buckle fragment. The cast offset strap bar of a small buckle frame clasped by a folded rectangular sheet metal plate of thickness 0.9mm. An off-centre rivet hole of diameter 1.3mm appears towards the inner end of the plate on one side. A small oval hole by the frame was presumably to permit a pin [now lost] to protrude. Suggested date: Medieval, 1250-1400
Length: 27.8mm, Height: 14.8mm, Thickness (overall as found): 3.5mm, Weight (with trapped soil): 2.87gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.8 mm
Height: 14.8 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 2.87 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 3rd September 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM43549
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Faldingworth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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