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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-62289D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Medieval to post-Medieval cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle (c. 1350-c. 1650).
The pin is missing.
This buckle frame is convex at the front and flat at the rear. Each loop is oval, similar in size and shape and steeply bevelled internally. The narrowed bar is trapezoidal in cross-section. This buckle is corroded overall with deposits of corroded iron at the front and rear.
Length: 22.6mm; width: 18.4mm; thickness: 3.4mm. Weight: 3.21g.
Similar buckles have been published and dated c. 1350-1650 AD (Whitehead 2003: 53).
Whitehead, R. 1996. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing. Witham.
Class: Double-looped
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.6 mm
Width: 18.4 mm
Thickness: 3.4 mm
Weight: 3.21 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 15th December 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2014-1-29
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.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 53 |
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