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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF-43BA67
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy buckle frame with integral plate of Medieval date. It is missing the attachment end of the plate and the pin due to old breaks but is otherwise complete. The frame is circular in form with an expanded and flattened rectangular outer edge that is set at an angle of 45 degrees. This has a single transverse groove. At the plate end there are slight projections to either wide of the frame and a central circular aperture through which the now missing pin would have originally hinged. The integral plate is flat, rectangular in form with missing its attachment end due to old breaks. It has incised decoration on the front face comprising grooved borders and an arrow-shaped motif at the centre of the plate running towards the pin hole. Traces of gilding are present on the front face of the plate. It measures 26.37mm in length, 14.42mm in width, 1.49mm in thickness at plate, 5.45mm in height at outer edge of frame, and weighs 2.74g. This is an incomplete buckle frame of Medieval date, c.13th-15th centuries AD if not slightly later.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.37 mm
Width: 14.42 mm
Thickness: 1.49 mm
Weight: 2.74 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st March 2012
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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: Cavenham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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