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HARNESS MOUNT
Unique ID: SUSS-7F1EC7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy Medieval horse harness pendant horizontal suspension bar, c. 13th-15th c AD. The pendant is missing.
The suspension mount is sub-rectangular in plan, a small semi-circular collar and elongated tri-lobed knops at either end (one end of knop is missing), each knop with a central circular rivet hole; the rivets are missing. The bar is generally sub-triangular in cross-section, with a concave rear face, except for the elongated knop ends which are flat and hemispherical in section. The suspension attachment arm is oriented in the centre of the suspension mount bar and consists of a small protruding arm, triangular in cross-section, terminating in two parallel suspension loops with small central rivet holes. The loops are positioned so that a pendant suspension loop may be inserted between them. The suspension mount measures 41.9mm long; 13.7mm maximum width, including parallel loops; 2.8 mm approx. diameter (rivet holes); 4 mm thick at bar; 2.3mm approx. thickness at end knops; 6.8 mm long (suspension loops). It weighs 4.47 grams.
A similar mount can be found in Read 2001, Vol 1, No. 389, dated to c. 14th century AD.
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 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.9 mm
Width: 13.7 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 4.47 g
Diameter: 2.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 14th July 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Arun (District)
To be known as: Angmering CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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