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BUCKLE

Unique ID: CORN-24EED0

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast copper alloy double-loop asymmetrical knee buckle with a drilled frame for a separate spindle. The buckle frame is shield-shaped in plan, with expanded sides where the spindle holes are. The frame has a bevelled inside edge and a recessed spindle for the cast copper alloy chape and pin. The chape has a trefoil and the pin is still resting on the curved outer edge of the frame. The frame is 24.7 mm long, 20 mm wide and 2.5 mm thick and the chape is 19 mm long, 10.6 mm wide and 2.3 mm thick. The pin is 10 mm long and 3 mm wide. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar example of an asymmetrical knee buckle on page 97, No.599, which is dated from c.1660-1720.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

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

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 34 mm
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 5.55 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 24th August 2013

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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: Devon (County)
District: East Devon (District)
Parish or ward: Ottery St. Mary (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SY0898
Four figure Latitude: 50.77425937
Four figure longitude: -3.30613864
1:25K map: SY0898
1:10K map: SY08SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Grassland, Heathland
Specific landuse: Disturbed

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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Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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