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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-B58B8F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy double-looped buckle (c. 1500-c. 1650).
The pin and most of one loop are missing.
The surviving loop is moulded at the front and flat at the rear. At the outer edge is a projecting roundel or rosette. The narrowed bar is triangular in cross-section, flat at the rear. At each end of the bar there is a small knop.
The buckle frame is corroded and generally green with traces of iron staining.
Length: 26.4mm; width: 24.7mm; thickness: 4.5mm. Weight: 3.77g.
Similar buckles have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds with outer edges recorded as roundels: BH-034C28; BUC-E26775; DENO-0EB413; DOR-746643; HAMP-DA33C4; IOW-9FEA82; LVPL-0D9B11; SUSS-A236C1 and YORYM-234C9D.
See finds with outer edges recorded as rosettes: CORN-4B6FCF; ESS-D64241; IOW-C56827; IOW-F2DDF1; LIN-A73E65; LON-24FD19; PUBLIC-4B6732; SF-B4C193; SOM-A5DBB5; SUR-DC2900; SWYOR-5E885F; WMID-712FB8 and YORYM-234C9D.
Similar buckles have been published (Whitehead 2003: 63, 66, refs: 377-378, 407-408).
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: 26.4 mm
Width: 24.7 mm
Thickness: 4.5 mm
Weight: 3.77 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 2nd November 2016 - Wednesday 2nd November 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2016-7-266
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 | 63, 66 | 377-378, 407-408 |
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