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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-B13A8C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a Late Saxon buckle with an integral plate, stumps of the missing frame survive at the angles of a rectangular plate, attachment end missing. A drilled hole for the missing pin interrupts the twin grooves bordering the ouer edge of the plate, and there are two surviving rivet-holes containing corroded iron rivets. Traces of engraved decoration comprise a narrow tapering triangular arm projecting from the break to the pin hole crossed by multiple short transverse lines. Extant length 30mm. Extant width 35mm. 3mm thick. Weighs 11.09g. Cf. NMS-A1DECA, NMS-F41519 and NMS-841AA6. 11th century.
Find of note status
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 35 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 11.09 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 6th April 2021 - Tuesday 3rd May 2022
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 65103
Other reference: NMD052022
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Beighton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG4006
Four figure Latitude: 52.59874604
Four figure longitude: 1.54248831
1:25K map: TG4006
1:10K map: TG40NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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