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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-61D5AC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval tin-coated copper alloy double-looped buckle frame, both loops oval, with grooved knops at the ends of the bar and on the edges. Rust on the bar suggests a iron pin and/or plate. Cf. Whitehead 2003, no. 403, a smaller example and ibid. no. 404, a larger. Length and width 44.3 and 29.3mm. Mid 16th - mid 17th century.
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: 44.3 mm
Width: 29.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 17th March 2015 - Monday 20th April 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 33862
Other reference: NMD042015
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Hingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0302
Four figure Latitude: 52.57790757
Four figure longitude: 0.99456931
1:25K map: TG0302
1:10K map: TG00SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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