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BUCKLE

Unique ID: PUBLIC-F0524D

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast copper alloy sub-rectangular single loop buckle with concave sides with bifid mouldings and a narrowed strap bar. The pin is missing. The front of the buckle has a moulded pin notch consisting of a hollow raised V-shape with oblique grooves on either side of the V. There are a few patches of black lacquer surviving on the upper surface of the frame suggesting that the buckle was coated to protect it from corrosion during wear.

Whitehead (1996) illustrates a very similar example on page 28, no.146 which is slightly smaller but has the same decoration and moulded pin notch. He dates this type of buckle between 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: 38 mm
Width: 39 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 8.25 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 14th January 2017 - Tuesday 14th February 2017

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Black coated

Spatial metadata

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

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW6728
Four figure Latitude: 50.10627548
Four figure longitude: -5.259892
1:25K map: SW6728
1:10K map: SW68SE
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
Whitehead, R.	2003	Buckles 1250-1800	Chelmsford	Greenlight Publishing	28	no.146

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Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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