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BUCKLE

Unique ID: NMS-565E99

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Three incomplete sheet copper alloy plates of medieval buckles, 13th - 14th century:

- trapezoidal front part, widening to a break at the fold, with a pin hole, slight frame recesses, two rust-stained rivet holes near the inside edge, and lines of finely executed interrupted rocker-arm engraving giving the appearance of tiny addorsed triangles along the sides, inside edge and from one side to the other enclosing the rivet holes. Length 24.5, width 14.9 - 16.4mm.

- gilt, badly distorted, rectangular, with a pin slot, frame recesses, two rivet holes, a larger hole and a transverse row of three others truncated by a break, lines of finely executed interrupted rocker-arm engraving giving the appearance of tiny addorsed triangles along the sides and between them next to the pin slot. Some of the front part including the inside edge is missing. Extant length c.19mm. Width 17mm. Length and width of complete rear part c.12 and 15.5mm.

- gilt, bent into a curve, rectangular or marginally trapezoidal, slightly wider at the fold, with a pin slot, frame recesses, five rivet holes (three with rivets), engraved wavy contour line. Length and width 38 and 17.5 - 18.8mm. Width of far from complete rear part 14.3mm.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 3

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 15th December 2015 - Monday 12th December 2016

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 31075
Other reference: SB022017

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Multiple

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: West Acre (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF7716
Four figure Latitude: 52.71270923
Four figure longitude: 0.61881482
1:25K map: TF7716
1:10K map: TF71NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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