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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: WAW-6F1596
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy harness pendant dating to the Medieval period (c. AD 1200-1400). The pendant is shield-shaped and sub-triangular in cross-section. The outer face is well worn and pitted. There are no enamel decoration remains present. At the centre of the upper edge is a roughly circular-sectioned suspension loop set at 90 degrees to the plate, with a circular perforation through it. There are the remnants of a connector within the perforation. The reverse of the pendant is slightly concave and undecorated. This object has a dark brown patina and the top right hand corner has since chipped or broken away.
The overall dimensions are as follows: 42mm in length, 24mm in width, 3mm in thickness and 10g in weight.
Notes:
Information and photographs kindly supplied by the finder during the third Covid-19 lockdown period.
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 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42 mm
Width: 24 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 10 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 29th March 2021
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Wychavon (District)
Parish or ward: Elmley Lovett (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO8769
Four figure Latitude: 52.31894606
Four figure longitude: -2.1921402
1:25K map: SO8769
1:10K map: SO86NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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