MOUNT

Unique ID: NARC-AABCF7

Object type certainty: Certain

Post-medieval copper alloy horse harness mount, heart-shaped and concave with two integral prongs at the reverse, one of which is broken, the other is still bent. Extending from the pointed end of the heart is an open-worked trefoil with two openwork and one solid lobe. Read illustrates a very similar example in History Beneath Our Feet, figure 1255. There is also an example at YORYM-97A923.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: 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 1700

Dimensions and weight

Length: 40 mm
Width: 22 mm
Weight: 8.25 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

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

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Northamptonshire
District: East Northamptonshire
Parish: Woodford

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SP9677
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Grid reference accurate to a 0.1 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Ms Julie Cassidy - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Ms Julie Cassidy - [view all attributed records]

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    Created: Thursday 2nd February 2012
    Updated: Thursday 2nd February 2012

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