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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-E090CB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a medieval rectangular sheet copper alloy buckle plate, the straight inside edge with two rivets and lines of finely executed interrupted rocker-arm engraving giving the appearance of tiny addorsed triangles along the sides and edge. Extant length 13mm. Width 12.3mm. 13th - 14th century.
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 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13 mm
Width: 12.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2021 - Wednesday 16th June 2021
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 64464
Other reference: SB062021
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Gayton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7319
Four figure Latitude: 52.7409433
Four figure longitude: 0.56124417
1:25K map: TF7319
1:10K map: TF71NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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