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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-C8401C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete and worn post-Medieval copper-alloy double-looped buckle (c. 1550-c. 1650).
The pin and one loop are missing.
This buckle frame is convex at the front and flat at the rear. the surviving loop is sub-oval in plan. The outer edge has two raised parallel ridges that form a central pin rest. These are barely visible due to wear. There is a small knop at each end of the narrowed bar which is 'D'-shaped in cross-section.
The frame is reddish brown and drab green with darker green patches of patina. There are small areas of corrosion. The breaks are old.
Length: 24.9mm; width: 26.0mm; thickness: 4.1mm. Weight: 4.84g,
Similar buckles have been published and dated c. 1550-1650 (Whitehead 1996: 61, refs: 359, 360).
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: 24.9 mm
Width: 26 mm
Thickness: 4.1 mm
Weight: 4.84 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th May 2015 - Sunday 10th May 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2015-2-254
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
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