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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: SWYOR-775B62
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Medieval harness pendant set consisting of the pendant and the cross shaped suspension mount, dating from about AD 1200 - 1400. The pendant is figurative and is in the form of a lion rampant. It is finely moulded and decorated with wavy lines giving the paws, tail and mane texture. The pendant is still suspended from a cruciform mount. The upper and side arms terminate is a rounded area pierced by a rivet hole, surmounted by an oval knop. The lower arm is bent back on itself round a copper alloy axis bar, and slotted to allow the suspension loop on the pendant to form a hinge. A single copper alloy rivet with a domed head, and a circular and hollow copper alloy rove were found in situ, but they are now separate and it is not clear from which rivet hole they came. Both the mount and the pendant are extensively gilded. The pendant and suspension loop are 25mm long. The mount is 32mm long. The entire set is 52.3mm long, 35.4mm wide and 4.7mm thick. 8.5g.
SUSS-7E38E2 is similar and notes that other examples in the form of lions and eagles are shown in Ashley (2002) fig.25, nos.1-3.
Notes:
Ref.210
Sub class: set
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: 52.3 mm
Width: 35.4 mm
Thickness: 4.7 mm
Weight: 8.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 23rd November 2002 - Saturday 23rd November 2002
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2477
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Harrogate (District)
Parish or ward: Kirk Deighton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4151
Four figure Latitude: 53.95347765
Four figure longitude: -1.37671778
1:25K map: SE4151
1:10K map: SE45SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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