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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-C5390D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy buckle: oval frame with outside edge and deep rectangular-sectioned sides and a separate bar set in holes in the ends; broken flat-sectioned pin; rectangular sheet plate with pin slot, frame recesses and breaks across twin rivet-holes at attachment-end. Frame 23 x 27.5mm. Plate, extant length 29mm, width 20.5mm. Overall length 47mm. Post-Roman buckle frames with separate bars are uncommon. Cf. a large flimsy example from a mid 14th-century context in York (Ottaway and Rogers 2002, 2893-4, fig. 1469 no. 14099). Probably 14th or 15th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47 mm
Width: 27.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 13th December 2017 - Wednesday 10th January 2018
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 55444
Other reference: AMD012018
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: Brandiston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG1421
Four figure Latitude: 52.74423801
Four figure longitude: 1.1689738
1:25K map: TG1421
1:10K map: TG12SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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