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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-969794
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy shoe buckle consisting of a frame which is similar in size and form to Whitehead 2003, no. 663 but is decorated with five moulded grooves in the centre of the edges and with four on the sides at the spindle housing, a pin and an incomplete (probably stud) chape and an iron spindle. Length and width of frame 20.8 and 15mm. A maker's mark WW is stamped on the chape, to be viewed with the stud downwards. c.1690 - c.1720.
Inscription:
WW
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1690
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.8 mm
Width: 15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 19th June 2018 - Monday 15th October 2018
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 51659
Other reference: IND15102018GC
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Stamped
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Dunton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF8829
Four figure Latitude: 52.82572905
Four figure longitude: 0.78890582
1:25K map: TF8829
1:10K map: TF82NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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