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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: SOM-04AC12
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval cast copper alloy horse harness pendant with enamelled heraldic decoration. The pendant is in the shape of a square topped shield with a broken transverse suspension lug projecting from the centre of the top of the shield. The loop is partially missing and has an old, worn break. The shield is decorated with: gules three lions passant guardant or with a label of three points azure. A red back ground with three gold lions on it and at the top over one of the lions a blue bar with three short blue bars extending down from it. The pendant is 32.7mm long excluding the lug, 26.6mm wide and 2.8mm thick, the suspension loop is 12.1mm long, 3.6mm wide and 4.7mm thick. It weighs 8.22 grams.
Three gold lions passant guardant on a red background are the arms of England used between 1198 and 1340. The blue label is a mark of difference making them the arms of the heir to the throne. These arms were bourne by both the future Edward II (heir 1284-1307) and Edward III (heir 1312-1327). They may have decorated the horse of someone in Royal service or someone showing their loyalty to the heir.
Notes:
Arms: England, with label.
Class: heraldic
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1284
Date to: Circa AD 1327
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45.1 mm
Width: 26.6 mm
Thickness: 4.7 mm
Weight: 2.88 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 24th May 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC reciept 22073
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Mendip (District)
Parish or ward: Wookey (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST4845
Four figure Latitude: 51.201834
Four figure longitude: -2.74566
1:25K map: ST4845
1:10K map: ST44NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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