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Unique ID: CORN-6F47B2
Object type certainty: Certain
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Incomplete cast copper alloy double-loop or spectacle oval buckle frame which has a flat base and a convex profile. The strap bar has a rounded projecting knop at each end and is narrowed and flush with the rest of the frame. The pin is missing but there is evidence of iron oxide on the strap bar and its knops suggesting that the pin was made of iron. The sides of the frame are concave where they meet the moulded knop that is defined by a groove on either side, in the centre of the frame. There is a moulded rosette with a central annulet on the outer edge of each loop. The buckle is 45 mm long and 25 mm wide and 3 mm in thickness. The bar within the frame is 15 mm long and 3 mm wide and 3 mm in thickness.
Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar example on p.66, no.408, which he dates from c.1550-1650.
Read (1988) illustrates another example on p.110, no.685, which he dates from the 16th century.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Quantity: 1
Length: 45 mm
Width: 25 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 7.55 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 24th May 2015 - Sunday 24th May 2015
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
4 Figure: SW9975
Four figure Latitude: 50.5401434
Four figure longitude: -4.8380396
1:25K map: SW9975
1:10K map: SW95SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Read, B. | 1995 | History Beneath our Feet (1995) | Ipswich | Anglia Publishing | 110, | no.685 | |
Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 66, | no.408 |