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BUCKLE

Unique ID: CORN-755BB4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Fragment of a cast copper-alloy double-looped shoe buckle frame, sub-oval in plan and plano-convex in section, with a simple, narrowed, central bar. The edge of the frame curves round with curved bifid projections either side of the expanded edge where the strap bar terminates. Within this expanded section, the strap bar has an incised line on either side of the bar terminus. These lines make the frame appear raised between the lines, but this section is flush with the rest of the frame. The other end of the strap bar and the loops of the frame are now missing but would have mirrored the upper edge of the frame. On similar examples of this buckle type, the bar often has a folded sheet copper-alloy plate with attachment stud to fix the buckle to a shoe, but on this example there is no plate. The remains of the frame are 49 mm long and 14 mm wide, and 2 mm in thickness; the bar within the frame is 17 mm long and 2.7 mm wide.

Read (1988) illustrates a similar example on page 143, no.919, which is dated from c.1600-1650.

Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar example on page 70, no.440, which is dated from c.1600-1720.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1720

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 49 mm
Width: 27 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 4.3 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd July 2016 - Sunday 3rd July 2016

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

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

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW5632
Four figure Latitude: 50.13776804
Four figure longitude: -5.41600381
1:25K map: SW5632
1:10K map: SW52NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Grassland, Heathland
Specific landuse: Disturbed

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Read, B.	1995	History Beneath our Feet (1995)	Ipswich	Anglia Publishing	143	no.919
Whitehead, R.	2003	Buckles 1250-1800	Chelmsford	Greenlight Publishing	70	no.440

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Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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