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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: KENT-02468A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete Medieval harness pendant is made from cast copper alloy and is of 1200-1400 date. In plan the pendant is a shield shape. The maximum length of the pendant from the top of the integral loop to the tip of the shield is 39.33mm, by 24.37mm at the widest point of the shield and is 2.18mm thick. The both surfaces have no apparent decoration and have green/blue corrosion.
Protruding from the centre of the upper edge of the shield shape is an integral loop. The loop is perpendicular to the pendant and is complete
Notes:
Similar on P.A.S.: NARC-BD8F94
Class: heraldic
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: 39.33 mm
Width: 24.37 mm
Thickness: 2.18 mm
Weight: 8.91 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Swale (District)
To be known as: Tunstall
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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