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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-49C1E4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a post-medieval copper alloy rectangular buckle frame, almost all of one edge and a short part of (slightly narrower) one side, both D-sectioned and narrow. The complete frame was probably double-looped, and may possibly have been a sword belt hanger such as Whitehead 2003, 76, no. 472. Width 45mm. The edge is 4.5mmm wide and 2.5mm thick. 16th - 17th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 45 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st October 2012 - Wednesday 31st October 2012
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 56901
Other reference: ET122012
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Great Ellingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM0195
Four figure Latitude: 52.515805
Four figure longitude: 0.96086
1:25K map: TM0195
1:10K map: TM09NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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