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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-175A84
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete front part of a medieval gilt trefoil copper alloy sheet buckle plate with three rivet holes, broken before the fold across a pin slot. There is a small projection on the more intact side near the break. Engraved decoration consists of a transverse line behind the pin slot, and two lines from the latter curving around two rivet holes to the sides. Cf. Whitehead 2003, no. 48. Extant length 32mm. Width 29mm. 13th - 14th century.
Field MB1
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 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32 mm
Width: 29 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: 59703
Other reference: SET092013
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
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: TM1994
Four figure Latitude: 52.49990126
Four figure longitude: 1.22504379
1:25K map: TM1994
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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