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BUCKLE

Unique ID: CORN-474140

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Broken cast copper alloy double-loop oval buckle frame in two parts with a slightly concave base and a convex profile. One of the loops of the frame has been sheared off at the edge of the mouldings on either side of the strap bar. The strap bar is narrowed and triangular in section and the pin is missing. There is a moulded sexfoil knop, which resembles an acanthus leaf, on the outer edge of each of the rounded loops. The sides of the frame are concave and also have a moulded sexfoil knop at either end of the strap bar. Together the frame is 46 mm in length and 30 mm in width and 2 mm in thickness. The strap bar is 13 mm in length and 2.3 mm in thickness. The frame weighs 6.92g.

Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar example on p.65, No.403, which is 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: 30 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 6.92 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st May 2013 - Wednesday 31st July 2013

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Gwinear-Gwithian (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW5840
Four figure Latitude: 50.21040947
Four figure longitude: -5.39315583
1:25K map: SW5840
1:10K map: SW50NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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	65,	No.403

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Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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