Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: CORN-083668
Object type certainty: Certain
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Cast copper alloy harness mount or stud in the shape of a star with eight moulded points with radiating ridges that form a cusp in each angle and two integral pointed lugs on the back.
Read (2001) illustrates a similar example from East Devon on page 34, Fig.19, No.274, which is dated to the 17th century.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Quantity: 1
Length: 16 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 2.12 g
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2010 - Tuesday 20th July 2010
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: SW9579
Four figure Latitude: 50.57468
Four figure longitude: -4.896618
1:25K map: SW9579
1:10K map: SW99SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Read, B. | 2001 | Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 34, Fig.19, | No.274 |