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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-464685
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cast copper-alloy single loop buckle (c. 450-c. 600).
This frame is 'D'-shaped in plan, convex at the front and flat at the rear. The narrowed bar is circular in cross-section with a small portion of the pin loop which is fused to the bar.
This buckle is drab green and may have been subject to burning.
Length: 20.8mm; width: 27.7mm; thickness: 5.9mm; diameter of bar: 3.7mm. Weight: 12.02g.
Class: Single loop
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 450
Date to: Circa AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.8 mm
Width: 22.7 mm
Thickness: 5.9 mm
Weight: 12.02 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 16th March 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2014-2-243
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
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.
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