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BUCKLE

Unique ID: CORN-47C7B2

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast copper alloy small double-loop spectacle buckle frame, missing its pin. The pin bar is narrowed and flush with the frame and is 14 mm in length, 2.5 mm in width and 3 mm in thickness. The frame has a flat base and a convex profile in cross-section with an internally bevelled edge and a sloping outer edge. The frame is 28.3 mm in length, 22 mm in width and 3 mm in thickness. The original surface still remains as darker green patches alternating with the lighter green corroded areas.

Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar example on page 53, No.294, which is dated from the 15th to the 16th century.

Read (1988) illustrates a similar example on page 110, No.668, which is dated from c.1485-1600.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 28.3 mm
Width: 22 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 3.4 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
Read, B.	1995	History Beneath our Feet (1995)	Ipswich	Anglia Publishing	110,	No.668
Whitehead, R.	1996	Buckles 1250-1800	Chelmsford	Greenlight Publishing	53,	No.294

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Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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