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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-31C782
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy double-looped buckle frame, both loops oval, with stains of an iron pin on the bar. Moulded and perhaps filed decoration on all of the front face is very obscure as a result of wear. It appears to be close to that of Whitehouse 2003, no. 417 (a much larger object). Length 42mm. Width 25mm. c.1550 - c.1650.
(field JB1)
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42 mm
Width: 25 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st March 2014 - Wednesday 9th April 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 59800
Other reference: SET042014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Kenninghall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM0785
Four figure Latitude: 52.42378879
Four figure longitude: 1.04294966
1:25K map: TM0785
1:10K map: TM08NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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