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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-FF0561
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy double-looped buckle frame (c. 1350-c. 1650).
The pin is missing.
Each loop is oval in plan and similar in size. The frame is convex at the front and flat at the rear. At the front, both outer edges have transverse grooves as decoration. The central narrowed bar is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear.
This buckle has a green patina with off-white deposits and iron staining at the centre of the bar.
Length: 29.4mm; width: 25.6mm; thickness: 2.6mm. Weight: 5.06g.
Similar buckles have been published and dated c. 1350-c. 1650 AD (Whitehead 2003: 53, refs: 289, 290).
Whitehead, R.2003. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing, Witham.
Class: Cassels type 1.4C
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: 29.4 mm
Width: 25.6 mm
Thickness: 2.6 mm
Weight: 5.06 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd December 2017 - Sunday 3rd December 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2017-7-337
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 | 289, 290 |
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