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BUCKLE

Unique ID: CORN-8820B1

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast copper alloy double loop oval spectacle buckle with bevelled inner edges and expanded outer edges and a narrowed strap bar. There is a slight knop at either end of the strap bar. The iron pin survives attached to the pin bar, but is covered in iron corrosion product so that it cannot be measured accurately. Each outer frame is decorated with three oblique incised lines, creating a rope-like effect. The central groove on each outer edge could have also been used as a pin rest.

Whitehead (1996) illustrates similar oval buckles with bevelled inside edges and narrowed strap bars on page 54, nos.305 & 310, which are 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: Circa AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 19 mm
Width: 13 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 1.43 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st July 2015 - Monday 27th July 2015

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

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: SW5839
Four figure Latitude: 50.20143178
Four figure longitude: -5.39251859
1:25K map: SW5839
1:10K map: SW59NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
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	nos.305 & 310

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

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