The Scheme's logo
LANCUM-7155D6: Horse fitting

Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
CC License:

View Zoom Download

Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
CC License:
View Zoom

Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
CC License:
View Zoom

Image use policy

Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).

HARNESS PENDANT

Unique ID: LANCUM-7155D6

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

Copper alloy horse harness fitting. The body of the fitting is lozenge shaped, with a central floral design, with eight petals. On the four sides of the lozenge shape have knops. On this central body area some of the original gilding survives. Above on the the points on the lozenge shape is a narrow bar withis grooved and has a remaining suspension loop.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 28 mm
Weight: 2.91 g
Diameter: 13 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st February 2004

Personal details

This information is restricted for your access level.

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Surface Treatment: Gilded

Spatial metadata

Region: North West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Wyre (District)
To be known as: Garstang

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

No references cited so far.

Similar objects

Find number: IHS-1E65F1
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
A copper alloy lozenge-shaped horse harness pendant, with a central design of a six-petalled flower or sexfoil. Traces of gilding remain on so…
Workflow: Awaiting validationFind awaiting validation

Find number: SF-891E43
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
A complete copper-alloy medieval circa 14th century harness pendant. This pendant is square in shape and measures c16mm by 16mm in size, when…
Workflow: Awaiting validationFind awaiting validation

Find number: ESS-CBB6C4
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
Incomplete copper-alloy horse-harness pendant, of medieval date. It is roughly lozenge-shaped, and originally had eight integral projecting a…
Workflow: PublishedFind published

Timeline of associated dates

Audit data

Recording Institution: LANCUM
Created: 20 years ago
Updated: 2 years ago

Other formats: this page is available as qrcode json xml geojson pdf rdf representations.