BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-9732F3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete and slightly misshapen Medieval cast copper-alloy single-looped buckle frame (c. 1250-c. 1400 AD).
The pin is missing.
The frame is convex at the front and flat at the rear. It is sub-oval in plan with an ornate outer edge. The outer edge has a knop at each end. On the upper surface, between the knops, are two transverse ridges creating a central pin-rest. The narrowed off-set bar is sub-square in cross-section.
This buckle is worn and abraded and has a dark-green patina with patches of buff corrosion products.
18.20 x 20.74 x 2.85mm. Weight: 1.94g.
Similar buckles from London have been found in contexts dating from the 13th and 14th centuries (Egan & Pritchard 1991: 312, fig. 46).
Class: Single-looped
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
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Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Length: 18.2 mm
Width: 20.74 mm
Thickness: 2.85 mm
Weight: 1.94 g
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mr Frank
Basford
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Identified by: Mr Frank
Basford - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2012-4-189
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East And London
County: Isle Of Wight
District: Isle Of Wight
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m[scope notes]
References cited
- Egan, G and Pritchard, F, 1991. Dress Accessories : Medieval Finds from Excavations in London, pp312, fig. 46
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Created:
Saturday 14th April 2012
Updated: Tuesday 17th April 2012
