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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-3120AB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete post-medieval tinned copper alloy double-looped buckle frame, both loops oval, just over half survives, with elaborate moulded (but rather worn) ornament including a stylised human face at the ends of the bar. One outside edge and pin missing. Cf. Whitehead 2003, nos.426-7. Extant length 24.5mm. Width 25mm. c.1550 - 1650.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.5 mm
Width: 25 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 15th December 2016 - Wednesday 11th January 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 33055
Other reference: AMD012017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Wramplingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG1105
Four figure Latitude: 52.60179495
Four figure longitude: 1.11436263
1:25K map: TG1105
1:10K map: TG10NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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