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BUCKLE
Unique ID: LVPL-360BAD
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy double looped rectangular buckle of Medieval date. The object has a drilled frame containing a separate spindle. The front of the object is notched where the pin rests. The sides are flanged. The object has a cast copper alloy pin, spindle and the integral locking arm is missing. A similar example can be found in Whitehead, (2003), p89, no. 554. It can be dated to c. AD1350-1450.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.31 mm
Width: 17.75 mm
Thickness: 6.91 mm
Weight: 9.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st September 2014
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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: North Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Cley Next the Sea
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing |
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