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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-6ECD89
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete post-medieval shoe buckle with most of the iron pin and of the iron stud missing. The copper alloy frame is sub-rectangular and quite plain. Part of the front face of the chape is obscured by rust from the pin and spindle. Cf. Whitehead 2003, no. 663. Overall length 27.2mm. Frame length and width 20.7 and 17.2mm. c.1690 - c.1720.
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 1690
Date to: Exactly AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.2 mm
Width: 17.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 18th June 2015 - Monday 30th November 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 39288
Other reference: ECKC022016
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Rocklands (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL9895
Four figure Latitude: 52.51690211
Four figure longitude: 0.91670922
1:25K map: TL9895
1:10K map: TL99NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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