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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: WAW-72B1B6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy horse-harness pendant. The pendant is a sub-circular in plan with the right-hand edge being a bit crumpled. The centre of the upper edge has an integral lug with a perforation, which is perpendicular to the pendant. The outer surface of the pendant is slightly convex and the reverse concave. The surface of the pendant is heavily abraded. The pendant measures 32.3mm long, and 20.42mm wide. It weighs 3g.
The harness pendant dates to the Medieval period and were most popular in the 13th and early 14th century (Griffiths, N. 1986 Horse Harness Pendants Finds Research Group Datasheet No. 5).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1175
Date to: Circa AD 1325
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.3 mm
Width: 20.42 mm
Weight: 3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 3rd August 2010 - Tuesday 7th September 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Warwick (District)
Parish or ward: Weston under Wetherley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3569
Four figure Latitude: 52.317994
Four figure longitude: -1.487961
1:25K map: SP3569
1:10K map: SP36NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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