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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-8EB69C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete front part of a medieval folded sheet copper alloy buckle plate broken before the fold, with three rivet holes, one centrally placed and two near the inside edge, and contour lines of finely executed interrupted rocker-arm engraving giving the appearance of tiny addorsed triangles. Extant length 29.5mm. Width 10mm. 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: 29.5 mm
Width: 10 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2021 - Friday 1st October 2021
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 58416
Other reference: SBJB102021
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: TF7418
Four figure Latitude: 52.73164221
Four figure longitude: 0.57551146
1:25K map: TF7418
1:10K map: TF71NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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