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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-C3B3F4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy shoe buckle with an incomplete chape and an iron spindle. The sub-rectangular frame is undecorated apart from a pir of longitudinal grooves in front of both spindle housings. The chape, which has lost its inside edge, carries a maker's stamp TER above an illegible letter or symbol. Length and width of frame 28.8 and 18.1mm. c.1660 - c.1720.
Inscription:
TER
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.8 mm
Width: 18.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 22nd December 2013 - Thursday 29th May 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 55467
Other reference: ECKW062014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Rocklands (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL9897
Four figure Latitude: 52.53485856
Four figure longitude: 0.9178998
1:25K map: TL9897
1:10K map: TL99NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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