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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-8A4B5A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval gilt copper alloy spur buckle with an oval frame and a strip pin. The integral D-sectioned plate begins with a pair of lateral projections flanking the pin hole and tapers, with straight sides, past a rivet hole to a stylised animal head which forms the inside edge and is pierced by a second rivet hole. the front of the plate is engraved with a herringbone motif that is now rather abraded. Very little gilding has survived. Length 50mm. Width of frame 15mm. Width of plate 7.2 - 5.1mm. 13th century.
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 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 50 mm
Width: 15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 14th March 2017 - Monday 10th April 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 31841
Other reference: KLMD042017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Multiple
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Congham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7124
Four figure Latitude: 52.78648268
Four figure longitude: 0.53425634
1:25K map: TF7124
1:10K map: TF72SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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