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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF-B45BCE
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy buckle with integral plate, probably a spur buckle, of Medieval date. Only parts of the plate and the bar survive, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The plate is rectangular in section, triangular in form, tapering towards old breaks at both attachment and frame ends. At the centre of the frame end is a large central circular pin slot, the rest of the frame now incomplete. Single central circular rivet holes are visible at each end of the plate, which is undecorated. It measures 21.53mm in length, 12.17mm in width, 1.87mm in thickness, and 1.42g in weight. This is an incomplete buckle, probably from a spur, of Medieval date, c.12th-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 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.53 mm
Width: 12.17 mm
Thickness: 1.87 mm
Weight: 1.42 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: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Fressingfield
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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