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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-81C99C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete, rectangular medieval copper alloy front sheet plate from a composite buckle or strap end, a concave inside or attachment edge with clear indications in solder of a forked spacer on the reverse, a grooved round aperture between two rivets, and three longitudinal lines of rocker-arm engraving, one median and one along both sides. The outside edge and most of one side are missing. Extant length and width 33.7 and 21mm. Cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, 322-30 and 653-91.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1330
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.7 mm
Width: 21 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014 - Wednesday 5th November 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 60284
Other reference: E19428
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Denton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM2688
Four figure Latitude: 52.44319919
Four figure longitude: 1.32392359
1:25K map: TM2688
1:10K map: TM28NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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