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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-2EAD37
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Worn and corroded fragment of medieval gilt copper alloy oval buckle frame, large trapezoidal expansion on the outside edge with slight lobe at both angles, stumps of sides only. The expanded outside edge has traces of engraved decoration. Extant length 20mm. Extant width 28mm. 1.5mm thick. Cf. Whitehead 2003, nos. 111-2; Margeson, S. and Williams, V. in Ayers 1985, fig. 24 no.7. 13th century.
Class: projecting outer edge
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20 mm
Width: 28 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 14th November 2017 - Tuesday 11th December 2018
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 28741
Other reference: KLMD122017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Multiple
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Runcton Holme (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF6109
Four figure Latitude: 52.65482828
Four figure longitude: 0.37876942
1:25K map: TF6109
1:10K map: TF60NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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