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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-3ED515
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Two medieval copper alloy oval buckle frames, both with an offset, narrowed bar and a rounded outside edge, mid 12th - 14th century:
- gilt, outside edge recessed for a sheet roller, cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 270, length and width 13.5 and 16.7mm. Roller width 3.5mm.
- pin notch, length and width 13.4 and 15.7mm.
Within 20m of grid reference.
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: Exactly AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 5th January 2016 - Monday 15th February 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 51162
Other reference: NMD022016
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Fincham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF6906
Four figure Latitude: 52.62545313
Four figure longitude: 0.49538668
1:25K map: TF6906
1:10K map: TF60NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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