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HARNESS MOUNT
Unique ID: SOM-EEA867
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete Medieval cast copper alloy mount, probably part of a harness suspension mount. It has a square plate with circular rivet holes in two adjacent corners, one broken through, and the remains of a wide tab extending from the side opposite the rivet holes, the end of which is broken. On the front is a cast moulded design of a recessed circle containing a equal armed cross with recessed centre and rounded lobes extending from the outer corners and centre of each arm giving an almost sun-like appearance, a cross of Toulouse. there are traces of gilding on the front. It is now 33.1mm long, 26.7mm wide and 1.3mm thick; it weighs 6.30 grams.
The design is paralleled on a simple square mount illustrated in Read (2001:14, no.87) which he dates to c13th to 14 century (ibid:12). The tab may have extended into a bent back suspension loop for a harness pendant as on IOW-B1CCD1.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: Include in MedArch
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 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.1 mm
Width: 26.7 mm
Thickness: 1.3 mm
Weight: 6.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 4th April 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC 020819
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Zeals
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2001 | Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 12, 14 | 87 |
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