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HARNESS FITTING
Unique ID: YORYM748
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A domed oval decorative horse harness boss. Two rivet holes (one damaged). Edge decoration of rectangles and roses. Boss decoration: equal-armed cross with inward scrolled ends within beaded circle, two-headed animal at centre.
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Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1600
Date to: AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 65 mm
Width: 55 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 7th December 1997
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Norton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO6756
Four figure Latitude: 52.201234
Four figure longitude: -2.484269
1:25K map: SO6756
1:10K map: SO65NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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