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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-C3787D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete medieval tin-coated copper alloy buckle with the pin and the inside edge of the plate missing: oval frame with an offset, narrowed bar and a rounded outside edge; rectamgular sheet plate with a pin slot, frame recesses, three rivets and the hole for a fourth truncated by a break which has removed the inside edge, and a rocker-arm engraved contour line. Extant overall length 48mm. Frame length and width 18 and 25mm. Extant length of plate 34.5mm, width 16.5mm. Rear part 27.5 and 15.7mm. 13th - 14th century.
Field W4
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: 48 mm
Width: 25 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 19th August 2016 - Thursday 27th October 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 28868
Other reference: SET102016
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Wreningham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM1499
Four figure Latitude: 52.54676581
Four figure longitude: 1.15471914
1:25K map: TM1499
1:10K map: TM19NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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