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BUCKLE

Unique ID: PUBLIC-096A01

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast copper alloy spectacle or double-loop oval buckle frame that is plano-convex in section with a bevelled inner edge and a recessed pin bar with moulded knops at either end of the bar. The pin is now missing. The buckle frame is 31.8 mm long, 22.8 mm wide and 1.9 mm thick, and the pin bar is 22.2 mm long including the knops, 2 mm wide and 2 mm thick.
Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar example on page 54, no.308, which is dated from c.1500-1650.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Exactly AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 31.8 mm
Width: 22.8 mm
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 2.5 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 24th May 2015 - Sunday 24th May 2015

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: St. Kew (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW9875
Four figure Latitude: 50.53979875
Four figure longitude: -4.85213387
1:25K map: SW9875
1:10K map: SW95NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 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.	2003	Buckles 1250-1800	Chelmsford	Greenlight Publishing	54,	no.308

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Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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