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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-6EA0A7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete edge of a medieval copper alloy buckle frame, both ends broken, one across a rabbet. Decoration comprises a wavy line ofrocker-arm engraving. The complete frame would have been large, rectangular and double-looped, cf. NMS-3C3603. Width and thickness 7.5 and 2.3mm. Extant length (i.e. part of frame's width) 37mm. 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 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37 mm
Width: 7.5 mm
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 11th October 2016 - Monday 14th November 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 61386
Other reference: KLMD112016
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Ringstead (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7041
Four figure Latitude: 52.93946926
Four figure longitude: 0.52830675
1:25K map: TF7041
1:10K map: TF74SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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