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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-FD2807
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
About one quarter of a post-medieval sub-square shoe buckle frame. The form, with "bevelled edges on internal corners" is close to Whitehead 2003, no. 651, a larger and rectangular example, but a moulding above the spindle housing is marked by a single groove at both ends and in the centre of the edge a rectangular boss sits in the centre of a recess. Length and width 30 and 29mm. c.1690 - c.1720.
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 1690
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 29 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: 14250
Other reference: SB022017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Congham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7122
Four figure Latitude: 52.76852126
Four figure longitude: 0.53321276
1:25K map: TF7122
1:10K map: TF72SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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