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HORSE TRAPPING
Unique ID: LANCUM-5DE23C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete, age Roman-Post Medieval, cast, copper alloy, annular fitting, possibly horse harness furniture ring or personal trappings like suspension loop/belt loops. The date of this ring is uncertain but it is similar to one relating to the record for KENT-FC75D6 found in association with a number of Roman coins and artefacts. Ref. Finds From Aldborough, M.C. Bishop, Oxbow Monograph 65 1996, page 82-83 and page 81 fig. 44 no. 503-504 and Roman Buckles and Military Fittings, Andrew Appels & Stuart Laycock, Greenlight Publishing 2007, page 277
The diameter is 15mm and the weight 1.79g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 70
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.79 g
Diameter: 15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st July 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Ribble Valley (District)
To be known as: CHATBURN
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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