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HARNESS MOUNT
Unique ID: NMS-F85D71
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Gilt horse harness mount, square (20 x 20mm), cast with relief decoration and enamelled central roundel. Blazon: Gules a triple-towered castle Or (on a circular field within a roundel or tressure from which project four cinquefoils between four roundels on a pelleted background, the roundels at top and base are pierced by rivet-holes. Possibly representing the arms of CASTILLE. Cf. Ashley (2002) Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk Figs. 8 and 9. Late 12th-13th-century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1150
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20 mm
Width: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st March 2007
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Surface Treatment: Gilded
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley, S. | 2002 | Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk | Dereham | East Anglian Archaeology | Figs. 8 and 9. |
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