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BUCKLE
Unique ID: CORN-4C99BF
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy double loop trapezoidal buckle frame with ovoid knops on the outer edge of the frame; a quatrefoil, wide end with large lobed knops on the end of winged extensions. The strap bar is flush with the frame but has been narrowed at the centre to a thickness of 1 mm by the wear from the pin which is now missing. Dimensions: length of 35.5 mm, width of 46.5 mm thickness of 2.5 mm and weight of 10.35gm.
Whitehead (1996) illustrates a very similar buckle on page 84, no.527, which is dated from 1620-1680.
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 1620
Date to: Circa AD 1680
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.5 mm
Width: 46.5 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 10.35 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 21st July 2017 - Friday 21st July 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: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Tewkesbury (District)
Parish or ward: Tirley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO8229
Four figure Latitude: 51.95918845
Four figure longitude: -2.26336078
1:25K map: SO8229
1:10K map: SO82NW
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 | p.84, | no.527 |
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