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BUCKLE

Unique ID: NMS-6574E0

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Medieval gilt buckle, delicate D-sectioned trapezoidal frame (14 x 20mm) with grooved lobed knop on both front corners, narrowed bar with flat-sectioned pin of differently coloured alloy. Cf. broadly similar type in Whitehead (2003) no.165. c. AD 1250-1400.

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1250
Date to: AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 20 mm
Width: 14 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st December 2007

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Surface Treatment: Gilded

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
To be known as: Cawston

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Whitehead, R.	2003	Buckles 1250-1800	Chelmsford	Greenlight Publishing	no.165

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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