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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-737F78
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Medieval tinned or silvered buckle, most of oval frame missing, integral openwork plate with drilled hole and constriction on bar for D-sectioned pin, two longitudinal perforations between with three circular perforations, that adjacent to pin containing corroded iron rivet, further iron rivet in narrowed foliate terminal, >39 x >12mm. Cf. Whitehead (2003), no.202. 13th-14th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1200
Date to: AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39 mm
Width: 12 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st October 2006
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 4511
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Marham
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | no.202. |
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