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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-E61E86
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete and distorted medieval gilt copper alloy oval buckle frame, with almost all of the offset narrowed bar missing. There is a globular knop at the ends of the bar, and within a constriction in the centre of the bent outside edge a roller of extremely thick (1.5mm) sheet with a median groove. c.16 x c.26mm. 13th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16 mm
Width: 26 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st November 2012 - Friday 22nd February 2013
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 29273
Other reference: SB022013
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: East Walton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7415
Four figure Latitude: 52.704701
Four figure longitude: 0.573924
1:25K map: TF7415
1:10K map: TF71NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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