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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-D7EA2C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy double-looped buckle (c. 1500-c. 1650).
The frame is convex at the front and flat at the rear. Each loop is oval in plan and similar in size. The narrowed central bar is sub-triangular in cross-section, flat at the rear, and has a small projection at each end.
The tapering pin is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear.
The frame and pin are corroded and pitted green in colour.
Frame: length: 38.4mm; width: 26.5mm; thickness: 2.4mm.
Pin: length: 20.9mm; width at loop: 4.3mm.
Overall weight: 8.07g.
Similar buckles have been published and dated c. 1500-1650 AD (Whitehead 2003: 54).
Whitehead, R. 2003. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing, Witham.
Class: Double-looped
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.4 mm
Width: 26.5 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 8.07 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 25th January 2015 - Sunday 25th January 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2015-2-132
Materials and construction
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 | 54 |
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