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STUD
Unique ID: CORN-FAC31C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete cast copper alloy stud in the form of a sexfoil star consisting of six points at the end of a trefoil terminal. Each of the six lozenge-shaped sections are defined by an incised line that intersect at the centre of the stud. The back of the stud has the base of a single central integral lug that survives to only 1.2 mm in height.
Read (2001) illustrates a very similar sexfoil stud with a central lug on page 32, fig.32, no.246, which is dated from the 15th to the early 16th century.
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: Exactly AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17 mm
Height: 3 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 2.07 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st March 2015 - Sunday 1st March 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Geometric
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: St. Minver Highlands (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW9677
Four figure Latitude: 50.55706743
Four figure longitude: -4.88141716
1:25K map: SW9677
1:10K map: SW97SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2001 | Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 32, fig.32, | no.246 |
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