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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-C334BE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy double-looped buckle (c. 1350-c. 1650).
One loop is missing but the stubs survive.
This buckle frame is convex at the front and flat at the rear. The bar is 'D'-shaped in cross-section. The pin is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear.
The frame is corroded and brown with patches of a dark green patina.
Frame: length: 19.0mm; width: 21.6mm; thickness: 3.2mm.
Pin: length: 19.0mm; width at loop: 3.5mm.
Overall weight: 3.43g.
Similar buckles have been published and dated c. 1350-c. 1650 AD (Whitehead 2003: 53).
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: 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
Length: 19 mm
Width: 21.6 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 3.43 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 12th June 2016 - Sunday 12th June 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2016-8-33
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 | 53 |
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