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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-83EDF2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a post-Medieval copper-alloy buckle (c. 1720-c. 1790).
There is a break at each end.
This fragment is part of the top or bottom edge of the frame. The upper face is moulded with a rosette flanked by contiguous pellets. One end has the remains of openwork. Below the rosette a flange is pierced to accommodate a spindle. Part of the iron spindle survives within the hole.
The fragment has a green patina with buff deposits and the breaks are old.
Length: 35.6mm; width: 10.8mm; thickness: 6.5mm. Weight: 5.96g.
Various buckle of this date have been published (Whitehead 2003: 103-112).
Whitehead, R. 2003. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing. Witham.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1720
Date to: Circa AD 1790
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.6 mm
Width: 10.8 mm
Thickness: 6.5 mm
Weight: 5.96 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 14th April 2019 - Sunday 14th April 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2019-2-59
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Fragment
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 | 103-112 |
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