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BUCKLE

Unique ID: PUBLIC-81F4E9

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Incomplete copper-alloy double loop oval buckle frame with moulded decoration on the loops, biloped knops at two symmetrical points on each loop. Lobed knop at either end of the strap bar which is narrowed. Only one complete loop of the buckle frame remains.

Whitehead (2003) illustrates a similar spectacle buckle on page 63, no.381, which is dated from 1550-1650.

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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 36.2 mm
Width: 23.56 mm
Thickness: 2.84 mm
Weight: 5.64 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 17th June 2017 - Saturday 17th June 2017

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Materials and construction

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

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: SW5840
Four figure Latitude: 50.21040947
Four figure longitude: -5.39315583
1:25K map: SW5840
1:10K map: SW50NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Whitehead, R.	2003	Buckles 1250-1800	Chelmsford	Greenlight Publishing	63	no.381

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Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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