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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-E2B111
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete medieval copper alloy buckle with a composite rigid plate comprising a forked spacer and two sheets secured by four rivets. The pin and half of the oval frame are missing. The inside edge is ogival with a grooved round aperture on both faces (cf. front face of Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 326). Extant length 30mm. Width of frame c.20mm. Width of plate 17mm. Mid 14th - mid 15th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 20th September 2014 - Monday 5th October 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 34875
Other reference: E19207
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Costessey (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG1712
Four figure Latitude: 52.66226371
Four figure longitude: 1.20741012
1:25K map: TG1712
1:10K map: TG11SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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