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BUCKLE

Unique ID: CORN-2F00E3

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast copper alloy spectacle buckle with rounded ends and trefoil sides with a narrowed strap bar delineated with a groove on either side of bar where it meets the frame. The buckle is abraded but there are traces of moulded decoration on the upper face at the outer edge of each loop. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a very similar example on p.70, no.441. On p.61 he states that buckles of this type may have had folded sheet metal buckle plates with a single upstanding stud in the end, a type which has been widely found in contexts dating from 1650 to 1700. Generally he dates this type of buckle from 1600 to 1720.

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 1720

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 38 mm
Width: 26 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 4.33 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 15th October 2018 - Wednesday 14th November 2018

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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: St. Erth (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW5732
Four figure Latitude: 50.13817856
Four figure longitude: -5.40203551
1:25K map: SW5732
1:10K map: SW52SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Whitehead, R.	2003	Buckles 1250-1800	Chelmsford	Greenlight Publishing	pp.61 & 70	no.441

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Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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