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BUCKLE
Unique ID: CORN-25E205
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete cast copper alloy rectangular buckle dating from the Post-Medieval period. The pin is missing. There are diamond knops on each angle of the frame and bifid knops on the outer edges of frame and at either end of the strap bar. The stumps of the integral strap bar remains just inside the frame. There are patches of tinning on the front and back of the frame which have corroded to a black layer. The rest of the frame has a light green patina and is corroded. There is no visible decoration.
Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar buckle on page 79, no.488 which is dated from 1600-1700.
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 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 58.8 mm
Width: 50 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 14.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 23rd April 2017 - Sunday 23rd April 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Tin or tin alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Bodmin (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX0665
Four figure Latitude: 50.45268083
Four figure longitude: -4.73417728
1:25K map: SX0665
1:10K map: SX05SE
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 79 | no.488 |
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