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Unique ID: IOW-88596B
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy double-looped buckle (c. 1350-c. 1650).
The pin and most of one loop are missing.
The frame is convex at the front and flat at the rear. The narrowed bar is sub-triangular in cross-section.
This frame is corroded and light green.
Length: 14.0mm; width: 17.7mm; thickness: 1.4mm. Weight: 0.76g.
Similar buckles have been published and dated c. 1350-1650 (Whitehead 2003: 53).
Whitehead, R. 2003. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing. Witham.
Class: Double-looped
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Quantity: 1
Length: 14 mm
Width: 17.7 mm
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 0.76 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 6th January 2019 - Sunday 6th January 2019
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Other reference: IOW2019-2-16
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 53 |