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BUCKLE

Unique ID: NMS-9814C4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Medieval copper alloy elaborate tinned or silvered buckle, possibly from spur, oval with offset bar with integral rectangular openwork plate, circular perforation for sheet pin, two rivet-holes countersunk on reverse, one with copper alloy rivet, two parallel recessed rectangular panels both with three possibly miscast circular perforations, two perforations at end with narrowed projecting foliate terminal, 49 x 17mm. Cf. broadly similar although plain examples in Dress Access. (1991), fig.68.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 49 mm
Width: 17 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st February 2004

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Surface Treatment: White metal coated

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
To be known as: Breckland, Norfolk

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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