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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-97F415
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Half of a large copper-alloy post-medieval double-loop buckle frame, one loop missing with just stubs surviving (worn breaks). The surviving loop is oval, with a flat angled outside edge with traces of relief decoration. The circular-section bar projects slightly beyond the frame, and is now bent. Width 36.6mm, surviving length 26.1, weight 7.3g. Compare Whitehead 2003, no. 423, and BH-E6C73B; Whitehead dates them to c. 1550-c. 1650.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.1 mm
Width: 36.6 mm
Weight: 7.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 28th April 2019 - Sunday 28th April 2019
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 60552
Other reference: INDTL10032020HG
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Winfarthing (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM1085
Four figure Latitude: 52.42264602
Four figure longitude: 1.08700203
1:25K map: TM1085
1:10K map: TM18NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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