Record ID: NCL-84A4B3 - POST MEDIEVAL harness fitting

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HARNESS FITTING

Unique ID: NCL-84A4B3

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Post-Medieval harness fitting

A cast copper-alloy harness fitting of 16th-18th century date.

The fitting is a strap mount for horse harness, damaged and incomplete. The mount was probably octagonal in plan, though two edges are missing from opposite sides of the mount. The centre of the mount has a slightly raised circle with a distinct raised outer perimeter, and a smaller slightly raised circle in the centre. Between the outer angles of the edges and the perimeter of the circle are ring-and-dot punches. In section, the mount is convex with flattended faces at the base. The reverse bears iron corrosion on the remaining reverse faces where it was riveted to the harness strap.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1800

Dimensions and weight

Thickness: 8.69 mm
Weight: 24.2 g
Diameter: 43.82 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Secondary material: Iron [scope notes| view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: East Lindsey
Parish: East Kirkby

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TF3262
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 10th September 2011

Personal details

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Recorded by: Dr Robert Collins - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Dr Robert Collins - [view all attributed records]

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