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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF-0CEDB4
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy Medieval buckle, dating to AD 1250-1450. It has a D-shaped frame with k-bevelled edges and transverse notch for the pin-rest. The pin bar is narrowed and has a sub-rectangular cross-section; it has patches of iron corrosion products suggesting the presence of an iron pin, now missing.
Length: 20.25 mm
Width: 24.18 mm
Thickness: 3.97 mm
Weight: 3.48 g
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 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.25 mm
Width: 24.18 mm
Thickness: 3.97 mm
Weight: 3.48 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 13th September 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finder's reference: 3-5
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Bacton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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