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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-04F1E6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Medieval cast copper-alloy double-looped annular buckle frame (c. 1400-c. 1500 AD).
The frame is convex at the front and flat at the rear. It is divided centrally by a narrowed bar creating two loops. Each loop is 'D'-shaped in plan and similar in size. There is no indication of a pin-rest. There are two oblique trapezoid projections on one outside edge. These are convex at the front and flat at the rear. The central bar is narrowed and 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear. The pin is missing.
This buckle has a mid-green patina overall. There is iron staining at the centre of the bar, indicating that the pin may have been made of iron.
38.5 x 27.9 x 2.4mm. Weight: 6.85g.
Similar buckles with projections have been dated c. 1400-1500 (Whitehead 1996: 46, refs: 267, 268).
Similar buckles have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds: IOW-16BC08; NMS-4E5000; SUSS-D39167 and WILT-81B8B1.
Class: Annular
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.5 mm
Width: 27.9 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 6.85 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 19th December 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2012-5-3
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 | 46 | 267, 268 |
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