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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF-D04615
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle frame of Post-Medieval date. Part of one loop survives intact, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The frame is D-shaped in section with an expanded outer edge that has a central heart-shaped openwork motif with trifoliate projecting knop. It measures 32.62mm in surviving width, 26.85mm in surviving length, 1.72mm in thickness and 2.98g in weight. This buckle frame is identical to other examples recorded through the PAS (e.g. BERK-5D8271 or GLO-422F03) and is of Post-Medieval date, c.16th-17th centuries AD.
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
Length: 26.85 mm
Width: 32.62 mm
Thickness: 1.72 mm
Weight: 2.98 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Risby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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