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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-464AC7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete but misshapen post-Medieval copper-alloy 'pitchfork' tongue from a buckle chape (c. 1720-c. 1790).
This tongue has two similar tapering prongs which emanate from a cylinder containing part of an iron spindle.
This tongue is green with patches of a shiny green patina.
Length: 35.6mm; width: 18.2mm; thickness at cylinder: 3.3mm. Weight: 3.80g.
A buckle with a similar tongue has been published and illustrated (Whitehead 2003: 105, ref: 669).
Whitehead, R.2003. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing, Witham.
Class: Chape tongue
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 1720
Date to: Circa AD 1790
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.6 mm
Width: 18.2 mm
Thickness: 3.3 mm
Weight: 3.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 24th May 2015 - Sunday 24th May 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2015-1-249
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Fragment
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 | 105 | 669 |
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