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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF-8A2BA2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy buckle frame of Medieval to Post-medieval date. It is a double oval frame, which is D-shaped in section. The pin is missing due to old breaks. The frame measures 18.88mm in length, 14.59mm in width, 1.25mm in thickness and weighs 1.60g.
This buckle is similar to examples published from London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991, nos 337 and 339).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1066
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.88 mm
Width: 14.59 mm
Thickness: 1.25 mm
Weight: 1.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Nr Bury St Edmunds
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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