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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-60042A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval shoe buckle, oval copper alloy frame with an iron spindle, tongue-shaped chape of folded copper alloy sheet with incomplete iron stud, and an incomplete iron pin. Cf. Whitehead 2003, no. 601, but decorated with multiple radial grooves over all the front face except above the spring housings, and thus bearing some resemblance to ibid. nos. 280 and 284. Frame 20.5 x 16.5mm. Chape 20 x 9mm. Overall length 28mm. c.1660 - 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 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28 mm
Width: 16.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 20th July 2017 - Wednesday 20th September 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 42589
Other reference: AHS092017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Attleborough (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM0393
Four figure Latitude: 52.4971091
Four figure longitude: 0.98907266
1:25K map: TM0393
1:10K map: TM09SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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