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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF-CE7E63
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete and worn rectangular copper-alloy buckle plate of Medieval date. It is missing the attachment end and the back plate due to old breaks, now worn.
It is flat with a pair of circular rivet holes at the attachment end, still containing separate copper-alloy rivets with flattened round heads. There are the remains of a third circular rivet hole in the centre.
This buckle measures 16.87mm in length, 12.47mm in width, 0.91mm in thickness, 1.43g in weight.
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: 16.87 mm
Width: 12.47 mm
Thickness: 0.91 mm
Weight: 1.43 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st March 2014
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Freckenham
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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