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HERALDIC DEVICE
Unique ID: LANCUM-72AD73
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy attachment device for heraldic pendant dating from the medieval period, that is c. AD1200-1500. IT was made from a folded over sheet of metal with a star-shaped terminal with a central hole for the rivet. The folded-over bit still holds the horizontal axis bar from which the pendant was suspended. The suspension loop of the pendant survives, but the pendant itself is missing.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.1 mm
Width: 9.8 mm
Thickness: 4.5 mm
Weight: 2.89 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 4th October 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Carlisle (District)
To be known as: Arthuret
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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