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HARNESS MOUNT
Unique ID: WILT-80BC95
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval (1200-1400) copper alloy cruciform hanger for a horse harness pendant, measuring 45.47x36.16x4.85mm and weighing 7.9g.
Three of the arms are of equal length; they are triangular in cross-section with flat back and ridge down the centre of the front. Each ends in a circular domed terminal with projecting triangular knop, divided from the main arm by a transverse collar with the waist between the collars cusped either side of the central ridge. Each domed terminal has a central piercing c.3mm in diameter.
The fourth arm is shorter; it is rather more D-shaped in cross-section from which extend two suspension loops which would have held the transverse bar from which the pendant would have hung. The loops are oval in profile and rectangular in section with a rectangular slot between them. They are solid and have been drilled with transverse cicular holes (c.2mm diameter) filled with (probably iron) corrosion.
Almost all original patina is missing. A similar suspension mount was found at Ingoldisthorpe, Norfolk, in association with a shield-shaped pendant (see Ashley 2002: fig. 13, no. 105) and is suggested to be 13th-14th century in date.
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: 45.47 mm
Width: 36.16 mm
Thickness: 4.85 mm
Weight: 7.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2000 - Sunday 31st December 2000
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Salisbury Museum Entry Form 3780
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
To be known as: Broughton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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