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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF-593839
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy buckle plate of Medieval date. It is rectangular in form with rectangular frame recesses and pin slot, and lower/back plate that is narrower and shorter than the upper plate. At each corner and at the centre of the plate are circular rivet holes retaining separately cast copper-alloy rivets with large globular heads. The front face of the upper plate has decoration comprising a single grooved border and the remains of relatively thickly applied gilding. It measures 44.95mm in length, 21.73mm in width, 3.88mm in thickness, and 12.90g in weight. This buckle plate is of Medieval date, c.13th-14th centuries AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 44.95 mm
Width: 21.73 mm
Thickness: 3.88 mm
Weight: 12.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st August 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Blythburgh
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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