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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-4613CE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete medieval gilt copper alloy oval buckle frame with almost all of the offset, narrowed bar and part of one side missing. There is a pin groove between a pair of slight lateral projections on the outside edge. Broadly comparable with Whitehead 2003, nos. 106-8. Length 17.5mm. Estimated width c.32mm. 13th - 14th century.
Finder's no. ad329
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: 17.5 mm
Width: 32 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 21st November 2017 - Tuesday 21st November 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 62266
Other reference: NMD012018
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Swannington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG1318
Four figure Latitude: 52.71770473
Four figure longitude: 1.15223877
1:25K map: TG1318
1:10K map: TG11NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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