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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-65A164
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper-alloy spur buckle with integral plate. It tapers in width from the outside edge of the frame to the opposite tip of the plate. The frame is D-shaped (flat outside edge) and almost plano-convex in cross-section (more or less flat internally). There is a very short, rectangular-cross-sectioned element projecting outward, not centrally, from the outside edge.
On the plate, just beyond the inside edge of the frame, there is a sub-circular element, which is convex at the sides and concave on the reverse. It is perforated and currently has a short piece of iron protruding forwards from it, which is perhaps a remnant of the pin. Beyond this, the proximal (or attachment) end of the plate is lentoid when viewed from the front and plano-convex in cross-section. There is an integral circular-cross-sectioned rivet projecting from the reverse.
Similar to Whitehead (2003) No. 193. A good parallel on this database is SUSS-3F54B8. Mid-13th to 14th century.
Length: 29.7mm. Width: 12.9mm. Thickness (excluding iron protrusion and rivet): 3.0mm, (excluding iron protrusion, including rivet): 7.0mm. Weight: 2.7g.
Class: spur
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.7 mm
Width: 12.9 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 2.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 18th January 2020 - Tuesday 18th February 2020
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: ENMD032020
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
Parish or ward: Shelland (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM0060
Four figure Latitude: 52.2019308
Four figure longitude: 0.92530238
1:25K map: TM0060
1:10K map: TM06SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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