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HARNESS MOUNT
Unique ID: NMS-67AFB6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a post-medieval copper alloy flat harness mount with an integral ovoid-sectioned attachment spike on the reverse and an integral round loop on one edge near a pointed terminal and opposite a rounded projection. The break truncates a bifurcation or one end of an aperture. Apparently very similar to an example from Suffolk (SF-D54CD1). Width 15.7mm. Extant length 13.6mm. 17th century. 17th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.6 mm
Width: 15.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014 - Saturday 18th July 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 36968
Other reference: IND18072014ED
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Woodton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM2894
Four figure Latitude: 52.49621648
Four figure longitude: 1.35739613
1:25K map: TM2894
1:10K map: TM29SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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