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HARNESS MOUNT

Unique ID: WAW-218C9E

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Medieval (1200-1400) copper-alloy gilt harness pendant suspension mount or hanger: The mounting plat is a sub-T shape with rounded terminals on the cross bar, and at each terminal there is a rivet hole, but the rivets are missing. The lower terminal of the vertical bar divides into two arms, both of which increase in thickness in profile. The terminals of the arms are perforated and support an iron axis bar. Suspended from this spindle is a thick, oval lug which has a broken edge. This is the perforated lug of a harness pendant which is now missing due to the break. The break is not recent. The surface of the mounting plate, on the exterior face, has patches of gilding remaining, otherwise the surface is a mottled mid green colour with is heavily abraded. The mount measures 42.8mm wide, 38.04mm long, 9.69mm thick at the perforated lug. It weighs 12.18g.

The mount probably dates to the 13^th to 14^th centuries. Cherry (1991) illustrates a similar, slightly more decorative mount, Figure 4, No. 24 and dates this the 13^th to 14^th centuries.

Cherry, J. 1991 'Harness Pendants in Saunders, P. and Saunders, E., 1991 Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Catalogue, Part 1 Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum: Salisbury

Class: pendant suspension mount

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: 38.04 mm
Width: 42.8 mm
Thickness: 9.69 mm
Weight: 12.18 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2012 - Monday 20th October 2014

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Derbyshire (County)
District: South Derbyshire (District)
Parish or ward: Cauldwell (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK2516
Four figure Latitude: 52.74105443
Four figure longitude: -1.63114001
1:25K map: SK2516
1:10K map: SK21NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Created: 9 years ago
Updated: About one year ago

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