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BUCKLE
Unique ID: CORN-7F2CC4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy double-looped oval buckle frame with moulded trilobed outer edges and knopped circular lobes at either end of the strap bar. Each of the three lobes on both outer edges has a moulded longitudinal central groove which seems to expand at the terminus, creating a leaf-effect, but the surface is too corroded to make out the detail of the design. The moulded lobes at either end of the strap bar have slightly recessed spherical knops extending outwards, away from the frame, but one has almost worn away. The frame is internally bevelled and the strap bar is narrowed and recessed from the frame. The pin is missing. Viewed in profile the buckle has been bent at an angle as a consequence of old damage and is no longer flat.
Whitehead (1996) illustrates similar buckles on pages 63 & 65, nos.379 & 399, which are dated from c.1550-1650.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 46 mm
Width: 41.6 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 7.93 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 4th October 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: St. Gluvias (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW7936
Four figure Latitude: 50.18270712
Four figure longitude: -5.09697652
1:25K map: SW7936
1:10K map: SW76SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 63 & 65, | nos.379 & 399 |
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