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BUCKLE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-132D07
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast copper alloy Post-Medieval buckle with double loop trapezoidal frame and pin. The buckle frame has projecting trapezoidal knops at each of the four angles of the frame, wide triangular knops positioned centrally on the outer edges and small rounded knops at each end of the strap bar. The tip of the right-hand triangular knop has been broken off. The surface of the buckle is flat and incised with two transverse lines along the outer edges the two loops. The triangular knops on the outer edge are both divided by single horizontal incisions which acted as pin rests. The copper alloy pin is wrapped around the narrowed strap bar which is flush with the frame. The buckle is very slightly twisted through use. There are dull grey patches of tinning remaining on the surface of the buckle but most has corroded away.
Whitehead (1996) illustrates an exact parallel to this example on page 84, no.524, which he dates from c.1620-1680. Another was found in a 17th-century context at Pontefract Castle (Roberts 2002, 274, fig. 112, no. 14).
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: 24 mm
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 5.95 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st June 2017 - Friday 30th June 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
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: Crowan (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW6632
Four figure Latitude: 50.1417978
Four figure longitude: -5.27630651
1:25K map: SW6632
1:10K map: SW62NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberts, I. | 2002 | Pontefract Castle: archaeological excavations 1982-1986 | Wakefield | West Yorkshire Archaeology Service | |||
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | p.84 | no.524 |
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