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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF-472EF7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy buckle frame of Medieval date. It is as Meols type 2 with D-shaped frame that has an offset and narrowed bar and expanded outer edge. Hinging around the bar is a separately cast buckle plate. This is rectangular in form with rectangular frame recesses and pin slot, and small rectangular lower plate. At the attachment end there is a single central circular rivet hole. The front face of the upper plate has the remains of an incised border, its precise form uncertain due to the preservation of the object. A separately cast copper-alloy pin also hinges around the bar and is flat and triangular in form, tapering to a sharp point. The entire object is worn and measures 20.27mm in width, 27.97mm in length, 2.07mm in thickness and 3.94g in weight. This buckle is of Medieval date, c.13th-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 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.97 mm
Width: 20.27 mm
Thickness: 2.07 mm
Weight: 3.94 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st July 2014
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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: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Newmarket
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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