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HARNESS MOUNT
Unique ID: LIN-229AE0
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy medieval (AD c.1200-c.1400) harness pendant suspension mount. Overall, the object measures 27.4mm long, 20.4mm wide and 5.0mm thick. It weighs 4.40g. The mount has a foliate outline and is formed from a flat plate (1.7mm thick). At each corner is a diagonally projecting sub-oval lobe. Between the top two lobes is a triangular shaped point. The top corner lobes each have a smaller lobe projecting diagonally outwards and downwards, while the bottom corner lobes each have a lobe projecting diagonally outwards and upwards. These smaller lobes create a concave C-shaped edge on each side of the mount. There are two rivet holes in the centre of the mount, one between the top pair of lobes and the other between the bottom pair of lobes. The bottom hole still contains a copper alloy rivet. The front surface of the mount has been gilded and details on the lobes have been produced with grooved lines. The two arms of the hinge project down from the centre of the bottom edge of the mount. Both are turned through 90 degrees and would have held a bar connecting it to the rest of the pendant.
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 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.4 mm
Width: 20.4 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 4.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Field 1: 33
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Sleaford area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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