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HARNESS MOUNT
Unique ID: NMS-469A8C
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval gilt copper alloy harness mount, in the form of an acorn, stalk bent at a right angle, cross-hatched cap with bordering transverse line at lower edge, bent terminal knop. Stumps of twin spikes on reverse. Width 17mm. Length (unbent) 36mm. See Read (2001) nos.331-4. 17th century.
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36 mm
Width: 17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 14th October 2014 - Monday 10th November 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 29189
Other reference: KLMD112014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Marham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7109
Four figure Latitude: 52.65177037
Four figure longitude: 0.52645639
1:25K map: TF7109
1:10K map: TF70NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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