ESS-F9CD15: ESS-F9CD15 Early Medieval harness Fitting

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HARNESS FITTING

Unique ID: ESS-F9CD15

Object type certainty: Certain
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Early medieval (11th century) cast copper alloy horse harness fitting, strap distributer. One half is missing. There is a square convex central boss with two rounded triangular side knops, and one arm extending from the central boss with a worn break on the opposing side. The arm has a lozengiform terminal with a large openwork oval. There is a rounded knop at each angle of the terminal. This would have been a double terminal bar but the other arm and terminal are missing. Length 47.48mm, width 22.84mm and weight 15.74g. The colour is dark brown with remains of a mid green patina and some light green corrosion. Read illustrates an almost identical artefact on page 50 no 474, which is dated as 11th to 12th century.

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Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 47.48 mm
Width: 22.84 mm
Thickness: 7.05 mm
Weight: 15.74 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 5th June 2009

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: OEF no. 5731

Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Tendring (District)
Parish or ward: Ardleigh (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TM0629
Four figure Latitude: 51.921398
Four figure longitude: 0.994291
1:25K map: TM0629
1:10K map: TM02NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Read, B.	2001	Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom	Langport	Portcullis Publishing	50 and 62, no.474

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Recording Institution: ESS
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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