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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-9000DE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle (c. 1700-c. 1900).
The pin is missing.
The frame is sub-square in plan. One outer edge is straight and the other is curved. It has a central off-set bar, circular in cross-section. The straight outer edge is bevelled on the underside. Otherwise, it is circular in cross-section.
This frame has a green patina with slight corrosion.
Length: 22.7mm; width: 22.0mm; thickness: 5.3mm. Weight: 5.24g.
Class: Double-looped
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.7 mm
Width: 22 mm
Thickness: 5.3 mm
Weight: 5.24 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 31st December 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2015-4-6
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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