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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-5C577C
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy annular buckle frame with a narrow central bar on which there are the remains of an iron pin. Traces of the end of the pin lie on the outside edge, and on the opposite edge there are two trapezoidal projections, cf. Whitehead 2003, nos. 267-8. Length and width 39.4 and 30.2mm. Length and maximum width of projections 10 and 6mm. 15th century.
For a fragment of a similar frame with two projections which are thicker than the above and collared see NMS-6DB205. Length and maximum width of projections 12 and 7mm.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Length: 39.4 mm
Width: 30.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 19th September 2015 - Monday 14th December 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 29715
Other reference: SB022016
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Gayton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7318
Four figure Latitude: 52.73196272
Four figure longitude: 0.56071756
1:25K map: TF7318
1:10K map: TF71NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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