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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-AFECC8
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy single loop Medieval buckle. The buckle is oval in plan with a sub-recangular cross-section and slightly offset strap bar. The outside of the loop opposite the strap bar is widened and moulded on both sides with four raised transverse lines with an oblique lobed knop at either end. The pin is missing. Dimensions 17mm long, 17mm wide, 2.2mm thick and weighs 2.2g, Cf. Whitehead; Buckles 1250-1800; (2003) p22: No 87-88. Circa 1250-1400 AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Weight: 2.14 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 21st August 2014 - Thursday 21st August 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 29693
Other reference: GC
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Costessey (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG1712
Four figure Latitude: 52.66226371
Four figure longitude: 1.20741012
1:25K map: TG1712
1:10K map: TG11SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 22 | 87-88 |
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