CORN-02B407: Post-medieval asymmetrical buckle

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BUCKLE

Unique ID: CORN-02B407

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Incomplete cast copper alloy double-loop asymmetrical shoe or knee buckle with a drilled frame for a separate spindle. The buckle frame is shield-shaped in plan, with a pointed knop at one edge and moulded transverse ridges at the opposite edge, where the pin now rests. The frame has a bevelled inside edge and a recessed spindle for the cast copper alloy chape and pin. The end of the chape has been cut into at right angles, creating a slot or hinge, perhaps for another attachment. Similar chapes can be seen attached to other examples of asymmetrical buckles on the database, such as SUSS-0770B6. The frame is 33 mm long, 23 mm wide and 2.5 mm thick and the chape is 20.4 mm long, 12.5 mm wide and 4.4 mm thick. The pin is 14 mm long and 3 mm thick. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar example on page 97, No.599, which is dated to c.1660-1720.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: returned to finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1660
Date to: AD 1720

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Width: 23 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 8.12 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 29th September 2007

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW9649
Four figure Latitude: 50.305577
Four figure longitude: -4.86618
1:25K map: SW9649
1:10K map: SW99NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Found at a rally held by Penair School Rugby Club
Current location: returned to finder
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Whitehead, R.	1996	Buckles 1250-1800	Chelmsford	Greenlight Publishing	97,	No.599

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Recording Institution: CORN
Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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