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BUCKLE

Unique ID: NMS-C92ACA

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Medieval copper alloy buckle plate, folded widthways with pin-slot and recessed for frame, narrowed and shortened on reverse, face with dashes between zig-zag engraved on flat transverse rib, between two ribs of triangular profile with multiple short engraved lines flanking the arris, attachment-end with three projecting tapering arms with perforated terminals, two of which contain a copper alloy rivet (lengths of 5.5mm and 4.5mm), the third with the remains of an iron rivet. Length 31mm. Width 23.5mm. 6mm thick at fold. Metal 2mm thick. Weighs 9.88g. Very close to an example from Holme Hale (NMS-422014). See other parallels on the Portable Antiquities Scheme website, from Amersham, Buckinghamshire (BUC-6560E2), Hanslope, Buckinghamshire (BUC-084602) and Salisbury, Wiltshire (WILT-5CD032). c.1150-c.1250.

Published in Rogerson and Ashley (2016, 441, 443; no. 47), but Find Id NMS-422014 given in error.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1150
Date to: Circa AD 1250

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 31 mm
Width: 23.5 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 9.88 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 23rd September 2015 - Wednesday 28th October 2015

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 29672
Other reference: DDMD102015

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Ickburgh (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL8194
Four figure Latitude: 52.51382803
Four figure longitude: 0.66592666
1:25K map: TL8194
1:10K map: TL89SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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