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BUCKLE
Unique ID: LVPL-5B5032
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy single looped buckle dating to the medieval period (c.AD 1350-1450).
The frame is oval with a narrower offset strap bar expanded at each end with two small knops. The strap bar is broken and is missing one end. The front end of the buckle is expanded and decorated with two knops the loop is recessed to house a copper alloy sheet roller decorated with circumferential incisions. The wire pin is missing.
See Whitehead 2004: 22 fig.95.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 25 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 9.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 18th December 2019 - Friday 17th January 2020
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Temple Bruer with Temple High Grange
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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