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HARNESS HOOK
Unique ID: CAM-6E4573
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Complete medieval copper-alloy harness hook, consisting of a bar-mount above and a hook below. The bar-mount is 6.5 mm wide, semi-circular in cross-section, and has two integral rivets on the reverse. A slight ridge separates the bar-mount from the narrower hook. This is rounded in cross-section, a minimum of 2.5 mm wide, and terminates in a wider oval terminal. The hook bends forwards. There are patches of a thick grey surface on both bar-mount and hook; this looks more like the original surface of the copper alloy than a decayed white-metal coating. Total length 34 mm, maximum thickness 8.5 mm, 5.7g. 13th to 15th century.
Compare Read 2008, nos. 807 and 808 (dated too late, in the post-medieval period).
Evidence of reuse: None
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1200
Date to: AD 1499
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34 mm
Thickness: 8.5 mm
Weight: 5.7 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
To be known as: Sawtry Area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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