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BUCKLE

Unique ID: CORN-2F5E02

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast copper alloy single-looped, sub-rectangular buckle frame with a narrowed, recessed strap bar, concave sides and a rounded outer edge with a single lobed knop, but missing its pin. The upper face of the frame has patches of black lacquer and the base of the frame is internally bevelled and the knop hollow at the back.

Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar buckle frame on page 28, No.145, which is dated from c.1500-1650.

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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 27.4 mm
Width: 23.5 mm
Thickness: 3.6 mm
Weight: 4.15 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 24th March 2012 - Saturday 24th March 2012

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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: Perranzabuloe (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW7754
Four figure Latitude: 50.343596
Four figure longitude: -5.135552
1:25K map: SW7754
1:10K map: SW74NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Whitehead, R.	1996	Buckles 1250-1800	Chelmsford	Greenlight Publishing	28,	No.145

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Recording Institution: CORN
Created: 11 years ago
Updated: 11 years ago

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