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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: YORYM-4E2E36
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy harness pendant of medieval date. The harness pendant is of quatrefoil form and is decorated with a heraldic devise and coloured enamel. The devise is of a central lion rampant azure (blue) within a gold shield shaped border and framed in red. The reverse is undecorated and the suspension loop projecting from the upper edge is broken.
The metal is a mid reddish-brown colour and is worn. The harness pendant is 41mm long, 32.7mm wide, 3.3mm thick and weighs 12.7g.
Harness pendants were common in the 13th and 14th centuries but were not necessarily used directly by the nobles whose arms are depicted. They were also used to mark possessions such as horses, or as badges of allegiance to these nobles.
This particular heraldic devise may be linked to the Percy family, powerful nobles in Yorkshire and Northumberland.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41 mm
Width: 32.7 mm
Thickness: 3.3 mm
Weight: 12.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 29th March 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Heraldic
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
To be known as: Whenby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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