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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-AA11A1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post-Medieval tin alloy (pewter) buckle (c. 1660 -c. 1720).
The pin and chape are missing.
The frame is oval and has fragments of an iron spindle surviving within each drilled hole. At the front, above each drilled hole, there is a four faced pyramidal knop. The remainder of the front face is decorated with evenly spaced transverse grooves. The underside is flat and bevelled on the inside.
Length: 27.86mm; width: 22.72mm; thickness: 4.42mm. Weight: 4.71g.
A Similar buckle has been published and dated c. 1660-c. 1720 AD (Whitehead 1996: 98, ref: 605).
Whitehead, R. 1996. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing, Witham.
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 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.86 mm
Width: 22.72 mm
Thickness: 4.42 mm
Weight: 4.71 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 19th March 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2014-1-69
Materials and construction
Primary material: Tin or tin alloy
Secondary material: Iron
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. | 1996 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 98 | 605 |
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