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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-49A54A
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete medieval buckle, narrowed bar from missing frame retains a copper alloy sheet pin within the pin-slot of a gilt copper alloy trefoil buckle plate. The plate is pierced by three rivet-holes, folded widthways and narrowed on the reverse with a break across one perforation. The face has traces of engraved rocker-arm defining the foils. Plate length 24mm, width 27mm. 13th century.
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 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24 mm
Width: 27 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 26th June 2014 - Thursday 26th June 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 39728
Other reference: ENMD072014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Foulsham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0425
Four figure Latitude: 52.78400899
Four figure longitude: 1.02354177
1:25K map: TG0425
1:10K map: TG02NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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