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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF-1D09E7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn and incomplete copper-alloy buckle plate of Medieval date. It is oval in form, missing its attachment end due to old breaks. At the frame end are slight triangular projections at top and bottom, with rectangular frame recesses and pin slot, folded over to form a short rectangular lower plate. At the centre of the attachment end are two circular rivet holes missing their rivets due to old breaks. The front face of the plate has decoration comprising a grooved border and the remains of gilding, any additional decorative elements obscured by post-depositional damage and corrosion. It measures 28.66mm in width, 24.99mm in length (incomplete), 1.04mm in thickness and 4.22g in weight. This buckle plate is of Medieval date, c.12th-14th centuries AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.99 mm
Width: 28.66 mm
Thickness: 1.04 mm
Weight: 4.22 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Old Newton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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