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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF-E7D2D1
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy buckle plate of Medieval date. It has rectangular upper and lower plates of equal size, both of which have slightly concave sides and attachment end. The plate has rectangular frame recesses and pin slot, with two small circular rivet holes at each corner of the attachment end. At the centre of the plate towards the attachment end is a single rivet hole containing a separately cast copper-alloy rivet with flattened heads. The entire object measures 24.26mm in width, 37.03mm in length, 3.87mm in thickness, and 9.96g in weight. It is of Medieval date, c.13th-15th 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 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.03 mm
Width: 24.26 mm
Thickness: 3.87 mm
Weight: 9.96 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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