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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-A2F752
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast copper-alloy sub-square buckle of Medieval date (c. 1350-c. 1450).
This single-looped buckle is largely convex at the front and is flat at the rear. In plan, the outside edge has two cusps forming a central projecting pin-rest and the sides of the frame are slightly concave. The slightly narrowed straight bar is sub-rectangular in cross-section. At the front, the inner face of each side of the frame is bevelled.
The pin is missing and the bar has a break close to the mid-way point. A patina has not survived and the surface colour is dark reddish brown with some superficial loose light green copper-alloy corrosion products.
27.1 x 27.8 x 2.8mm. Weight: 4.70g.
A similar buckle has been dated c.1350-c. 1450 (Whitehead 1996: 27, ref: 143).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.1 mm
Width: 27.8 mm
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Weight: 4.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 14th March 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2010-3-47
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
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 | 27, ref: 143 |
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