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BUCKLE
Unique ID: CORN-28F163
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy double-loop asymmetrical spur or shoe buckle frame. The frame has a flat base and a convex profile in cross-section. The shape of the frame is sub-rectangular and it has a simple, central, narrowed strap bar, flush with the frame. The pin is missing, together with any plate or strap. The rectangular loop has a trefoil shaped outer edge with a single transverse moulded groove. The rounded end of the frame has a transverse moulded groove following the curve and four engraved oblique lines from the outside edge to the inside edge of the frame in the area where the pin would have rested.
Whitehead (1996) illustrates a very similar example on page 91, no.572, which he dates to c.1575-1700.
Read (1988) illustrates another similar example on page 141, No.891, which he dates to c.1600-1700.
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 1575
Date to: AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.4 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 1.3 mm
Weight: 1.81 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st September 2005 - Saturday 31st December 2005
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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)
To be known as: Padstow
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 1988 | History Beneath Our Feet (1988) | Braunton | Merlin | 141, | No.891 | |
| Whitehead, R. | 1996 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 91, | No.572 |
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