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HARNESS MOUNT
Unique ID: SF-1CCD61
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Medieval harness suspension mount. It has a rectangular bar with a horizontal chamfer along the centre, and there are two protrusions extending from one edge, each with a perforated oval-shaped terminal . These are splayed apart from each other. On the reverse of the bar are two circular rivets with square roves. The mount measures 19.98mm in width along the bar, 22.00 mm in length, and 8.35mm in depth from the front of the bar to the back of the rivets. It weighs 8.51g.
Although an exact parallel has not been seen, this suspension mount resembles an example from Clark 1995, fig.52no.76, and dates to the thirteenth to fourteenth centuries.
Class: pendant suspension mount
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22 mm
Width: 19.98 mm
Weight: 8.15 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st October 2010
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Ixworth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark, J. | 1995 | The Medieval Horse and its Equipment | London | HMSO | fig.52, no.76 |
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