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Unique ID: WILT-8C0BA7
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete Medieval (1200-1400) copper alloy cruciform hanger for a horse harness pendant, missing one projecting suspension lug and measuring 41.57x34.36x4.40mm. Weighs 5.01g.
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 long projecting knop, divided from the main arm by a transverse collar, waist and cusped moulding either side of the central ridge. Each domed terminal has a central piercing c.2.3mm in diameter.
The fourth arm is much shorter (3.5mm) and rather more D-shaped in cross-section. One suspension lug extends to one side below (the other is missing, worn break) and is pierced with the remains of the now corroded iron transverse bar from which the pendant would have hung.
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 action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.57 mm
Width: 34.36 mm
Thickness: 4.4 mm
Weight: 5.01 g
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2010 - Friday 31st December 2010
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Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Ashley, S. | 2002 | Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk | Dereham | East Anglian Archaeology | fig. 13, no. 105 |