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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF-E7C4F6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy double looped buckle frame of later Medieval to Post-Medieval date. It has oval loops with expanded triangular outer edges and faceted sides that have extensive file marks. The loops are separated by an integral triangular sectioned bar, with triangular notches at the sides of the frame where bar and loops meet. Around the bar hinges a separately cast copper-alloy pin that is rectanglar in section, triangular in form, and tapers to a rounded tip. The entire object measures 20.30mm in width, 25.95mm in length, 2.19mm in thickness, and 3.31g in weight. It is of later Medieval to Post-Medieval date, c.15th-16th centuries AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.95 mm
Width: 20.3 mm
Thickness: 2.19 mm
Weight: 3.31 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2012
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: WSW 026
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: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Near Bury St Edmunds
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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