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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-90CC5A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy buckle chape and pin (c. 1690-c. 1720).
This object is in the form of a cylindrical recessed pin bar housing an iron spindle, which expands to a sub-triangular body which subsequently tapers and narrows to a rounded terminal. The chape is flat in cross-section. At the rounded end a large domed stud appears to be separate.
The object is greenish brown.
Length: 45.5mm; width: 20.6mm; thickness: 7.4mm; diameter of stud: 8.1mm. Weight: 4.42g.
A chape of similar style has been dated c. 1690-c. 1720 (Whitehead 2003: 96, fig. 1).
Whitehead, R. 2003. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing. Witham.
Class: Chape
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 1690
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45.5 mm
Width: 20.6 mm
Thickness: 7.4 mm
Weight: 4.42 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 7th January 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2015-4-7
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
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 | 96, fig. 1 |
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