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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF-D941AC
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy fragment of a Medieval buckle, dating to AD 1300-1400. It consists of the outside edge of an oval cross-sectioned buckle frame which has two lobed knops at the ends of a central constriction for a grooved sheet roller. The material and surfaces are in good conditions.
See Meols (2007, p. 91, Pl. 14, nos. 549, 551)
Length: 15.08 mm
Width: 31.11 mm
Thickness, at the outside edge: 5.87 mm
Thickness of the top edge of the frame: 3.50 mm
Weight: 5.07 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.08 mm
Width: 31.11 mm
Thickness: 5.87 mm
Weight: 5.07 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 10th January 2019
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Wantisden
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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