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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-143D54
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete front part of a medieval gilt copper alloy buckle plate with a pin slot and frame recesses, in battered condition, broken across the fold and missing the inside edge and all rivet holes. On the front face part of a wyvern or bird is depicted in relief, perhaps once reserved on an enamelled ground. Only a few specks of gilding remain. Close to an example from Rocklands, Norfolk (HER 39288, NMS-A00F90). Width 21mm. Extant length 23.5mm. 13th century.
Field MB3
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: 23.5 mm
Width: 21 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st September 2013 - Monday 30th September 2013
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 59698
Other reference: SET092013
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: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Tharston and Hapton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM1993
Four figure Latitude: 52.49092557
Four figure longitude: 1.22438655
1:25K map: TM1993
1:10K map: TM19SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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