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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-9F7733
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Medieval to post-Medieval annular buckle (c. 1350-c. 1650).
The pin is missing.
The frame is circular in plan, convex at the front and flat at the rear. The front is bevelled internally and the narrowed bar is triangular in cross-section.
This buckle has a brown patina with small areas of corrosion.
Diameter: 29.0mm; thickness: 2.6mm; width of frame: 4.6mm. Weight: 4.83g.
Similar buckles have been published and dated c. 1350-c. 1650 AD (Whitehead 2003: 44-45).
Whitehead, R. 2003. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing, Witham.
Class: Annular
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.6 mm
Weight: 4.83 g
Diameter: 29 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st November 2015 - Sunday 1st November 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2015-1-387
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.
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