2024-03-28T10:22:23+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/265323/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/265323/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/265323/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/265323/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/265323/format/pdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/265323/format/rdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/265323265323CAMHER-884BC40014A7885310103AHARNESS MOUNT30248.18911ROMAN100300Openwork mount, perhaps from horse harness. In shape it is a little like an urn, with a projecting stem, then a rounded base decorated with incised lines radiating from the junction of base and stem. The upper part has two large circular perforations, 5 mm in diameter, with a transverse groove above and below. Above, the mount is damaged and possibly distorted, but there appears to be a long narrow transverse oval perforation in the centre, and then a straight or slightly incurved top edge which projections slightly to either side.
On the reverse are two integral rivets, one large with an integral circular rove between the two circular perforations, and the other just a stub but perhaps originally identical, at the junction of the stem and base. 30 mm long and a maximum of 24 mm wide; 9 mm thick with complete rivet. 8.18g. Similar mounts are thought to be military horse trappings. Roman, conventionally dated to the second and third centuries.2009-08-04 20:00:012011-02-24 13:51:034022009-03-051Probably321210014A7885310103A74CAMCopper alloy10627CompleteROMANROx41218p0gjgrs69wsROMANROx41218p0gjgrs69wsMetal detector26465413861205130341425TL6250TL6250TL65SW52.1245730.365031810218607CAMHER-884BC4.jpg754793Roman openwork mountCambridgeshire County Council5images/spoppy/EasternEuropean RegionCountyCambridgeshireDistrictSouth CambridgeshireCivil Parish52.15160.360466Weston ColvilleReturned to finder95704