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BUCKLE
Unique ID: LVPL-FAC3C7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy buckle of Medieval date. It is a d-shaped frame which is circular in section and has an offset, narrowed bar for the pin which is present. The pin is rectangular in section and tapers slightly towards the end. It is attached to the frame with an open loop. The frame is decorated with nine grooves in the outside edge, the central one flanked by larger ribs which act as a rest for the pin.
The object has not been seen by the recorder and the identification is from the photograph. Unfortunately there is no scale.
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 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st September 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Cley NT Sea
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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