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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-ED0915
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Less than a quarter of a post-medieval copper alloy sub-rectangular shoe buckle frame, with outside edge broken before mid-point, part of one side with a break immediately beyond the inward-pointing heart-shaped spindle housing with another, outward-pointing flanking heart on the surviving side. Engraved lines border the hearts and form curvilinear decoration on the outside edge. Perforation contains corroded fragment of iron spindle. Extant length 28.5mm. Extant width 10mm. c.1660 - c.1720.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 11 mm
Width: 11 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 1.23 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 13th April 2017 - Wednesday 10th May 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 18261
Other reference: AMD052017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Stamped
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Great Melton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG1405
Four figure Latitude: 52.60062279
Four figure longitude: 1.15859034
1:25K map: TG1405
1:10K map: TG10NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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