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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF-90F534
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy asymmetrical double looped buckle frame of Post-Medieval date. It is missing the pin bar and the pin due to old breaks, now worn.
It is D-shaped in section. One loop is rectangular and the other is D-shaped, with a pair of rectangular knops projecting from the now missing pin bar. The outer edge of the D-shaped loop has a triangular knop. The front face is decorated with a central longitudinal groove and a V-shaped groove at the base. The rectangular loop has an expanded outer edge. The front face is decorated with a transverse groove with nine short longitudinal grooves projecting from it. The back of the frame is flat and undecorated.
This buckle frame measures 30.06mm in length, 18.02mm in width, 2.17mm in thickness, 3.14g in weight.
There is a similar example recorded on the PAS database (SUSS-D77105).
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 1575
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.06 mm
Width: 18.02 mm
Thickness: 2.17 mm
Weight: 3.14 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st August 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: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Lackford
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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