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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-DE75B9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete medieval copper alloy buckle: oval frame with an offset, narrowed bar, convex sides and a sheet roller on the recessed outside edge which protrudes slightly at the sides; pin worked into a square cross-section; sheet plate with slight frame recesses, a pin slot, one rivet hole near the missing inside edge. Very close to Egan and Pritchard 1991, no.315. The frame is in a darker green surfaced alloy than the pin and plate. Overall extant length 35.4mm. Frame length and width 15.5 and 21.7mm. Late 13th - 14th century.
Field CAW3
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1270
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.4 mm
Width: 21.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 19th August 2016 - Monday 31st October 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 61718
Other reference: SET102016
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: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Cawston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG1424
Four figure Latitude: 52.77116531
Four figure longitude: 1.17093051
1:25K map: TG1424
1:10K map: TG12SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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