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HARNESS FITTING
Unique ID: NLM-A7CD12
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy harness fitting or boss. Cast discoid plate with opposed lugs on the back retaining ferrous corrosion suggesting a pair of iron pins attached this object to leather. Probably from horse gear. Very worn, corroded, and distorted. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1800.
Width: 32.3mm, Height: 29.3mm, Thickness: 2.6mm, Weight: 13.57gms.
Class: Boss
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 29.3 mm
Width: 32.3 mm
Thickness: 2.6 mm
Weight: 13.57 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 2nd March 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM25033a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Roxby cum Risby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9116
Four figure Latitude: 53.63262431
Four figure longitude: -0.62530142
1:25K map: SE9116
1:10K map: SE91NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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