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HARNESS PENDANT

Unique ID: SUR-286F11

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A medieval cast copper alloy shield-shaped heraldic harness pendant. The pendant displays six gilded lions rampant, three on either side of three diagonals, against a blue enamel field (Azure a bend cotised between six lions rampant). The arms are those of the de Bohun Earls of Hertford and Essex.

Notes:

Arms: Bohun, de

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 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 39.6 mm
Width: 27.16 mm
Weight: 15.33 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 14-1195

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Cherwell (District)
Parish or ward: Somerton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP5028
Four figure Latitude: 51.9482558
Four figure longitude: -1.27393743
1:25K map: SP5028
1:10K map: SP52NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: SUR
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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