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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-003979
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete medieval thickly tin-coated copper alloy oval buckle frame with the bar and the adjacent ends of the sides missing. A moulded pin notch lies on the rounded outside edge. Cf. Whitehead 2003, no. 39, but smaller and with a much narrower pin notch. Extant length 25.5mm. Width 35.9mm. Mid 14th - mid 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 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.5 mm
Width: 35.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 15th December 2015 - Monday 12th December 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 12153
Other reference: SB022017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Beachamwell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7405
Four figure Latitude: 52.61489442
Four figure longitude: 0.56865148
1:25K map: TF7405
1:10K map: TF70NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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