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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-BF81CE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy single-loop buckle (c. 1500-c. 1650).
The pin is missing.
The frame is sub-rectangular in plan. It has a curving outer edge and concave sides. At the front the outer edge has a step around the base and there is a pin-rest. The inside of the outer edge is pointed. The narrowed bar is sub-square in cross-section. At each end of the bar the frame has a knop. The rear face, excepting the bar, is bevelled internally.
This buckle frame has a green patina.
Length: 26.8mm; width: 26.0mm; thickness; 5.1mm. Weight: 5.40g.
Similar buckles have been published and date c. 1500-c. 1650 (Whitehead 2003: 28, refs: 144; 146).
Whitehead, R. 2003. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing, Witham.
Class: Single-loop
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: 26.8 mm
Width: 26 mm
Thickness: 5.1 mm
Weight: 5.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 6th May 2018 - Sunday 6th May 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2018-7-136
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 | 28 | 144; 146 |
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