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LAMP HANGER
Unique ID: SUR-217AC4
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Published 
A roughly cast copper alloy cast triangular hollow openwork 'pyramidal' object 32.56mm in length. The object has a rounded apex loop which sits above a short collar. On each side are three unequal openings. The base is also open and has a rounded loop in each angle, each also pierced with a round hole for attachment.
While there are no clear parallels this object can with some confidence be identified as a lamp hanger in view of its similarity to the wide range of three-armed lamp hangers of medieval date.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.56 mm
Width: 25.87 mm
Weight: 12.92 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B12-85
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Goring (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU6080
Four figure Latitude: 51.515745
Four figure longitude: -1.136718
1:25K map: SU6080
1:10K map: SU68SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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