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Unique ID: NMS-781218
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval gilt copper alloy spur buckle with stumps of missing, probably oval, frame and bent rectangular integral plate and elongated projection. Plate cracked at outer edge of pin hole and two rivet holes, projection with two pairs of opposed cusps and broken across perforated lobe at terminal. Extant width 21mm. Extant length (unbent) 41mm. Form broadly comparable with that of Whitehead 2003 no.205. 13th-14th 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 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41 mm
Width: 21 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 17th October 2017 - Monday 20th November 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 40907
Other reference: NMD112017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Strumpshaw (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG3505
Four figure Latitude: 52.59195599
Four figure longitude: 1.46809588
1:25K map: TG3505
1:10K map: TG30NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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