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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-938F83
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Just over half of a post-medieval tin-coated copper alloy double-looped buckle, both loops rectangular, with elaborate openwork decoration on the sides and edges, and an incomplete iron pin on the bar. One aperture on the extant edge is partly blocked by a casting flaw. Very similar to, but slightly smaller than Whitehead 2003, no. 499. Estimated length 48mm. Width 31.3mm. c.1620 - c.1690.
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 1620
Date to: Circa AD 1690
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48 mm
Width: 31.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 19th February 2015 - Wednesday 18th March 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 51275
Other reference: AHS032015
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Snetterton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL9890
Four figure Latitude: 52.47201065
Four figure longitude: 0.91373826
1:25K map: TL9890
1:10K map: TL99SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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