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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF-5D58E9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete gilded copper alloy medieval buckle plate. The original shape of the plate is uncertain as there is damage around all edges. There is a rectangular slot in the centre of the inner side where the pin would have sat originally and to either side of this damaged strips decorated with parallel transverse grooves. There are three small circular attachment holes through the plate, one through the outer end and two through the inner end. Traces of gilding can be seen on the outer surface.
Plates of this form are found on several types of medieval buckle and without the rest of the frame they are difficult to date more closely.
Length: 25.19mm, width: 20.65mm, thickness: 1.22mm, weight: 1.65g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.19 mm
Width: 20.65 mm
Thickness: 1.22 mm
Weight: 1.65 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st March 2019
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Brockley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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