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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-A8FAA2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Gilt copper alloy buckle plate, D-shaped with a pin slot, recessed for frame and narrowed and shortened on the reverse. The face is decorated with twin engraved bordering lines, pierced by three copper alloy rivets with large domed heads (diam.8mm). The rivet at the attachment end is flanked by two smaller (secondary) iron rivets. Length 29mm. Width 40mm. Late 12th-13th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1170
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29 mm
Width: 40 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 15th January 2018 - Monday 19th February 2018
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 60847
Other reference: NMD022018
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: Cantley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG3705
Four figure Latitude: 52.59108846
Four figure longitude: 1.49756421
1:25K map: TG3705
1:10K map: TG30NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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