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HARNESS MOUNT
Unique ID: NMS-523129
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval gilt copper alloy horse harness suspension mount, T-shaped, bent horizontal bar with broken twin suspension-loops projecting from the centre of the lower edge. The triangular-sectioned horizontal bar has a transverse rib at both pierced rounded terminals with an elongated lobe. Both ends are perforated and one retains a dome-headed copper alloy rivet. Length (unbent) 55mm. Height 13mm. 13th-14th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 55 mm
Height: 13 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 22nd July 2014 - Monday 15th September 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 32108
Other reference: NMD092014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Keswick and Intwood (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG2104
Four figure Latitude: 52.5888484
Four figure longitude: 1.26110925
1:25K map: TG2104
1:10K map: TG20SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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