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HARNESS MOUNT
Unique ID: NMS-40E665
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete post-medieval copper alloy acorn-shaped harness mount with a pair of integral round-sectioned attachment spikes on the reverse. The stem end is missing. The top of the cup is marked on the convex front by a pair of transverse grooves. Extant length 19.4mm. Width 9.5mm. 17th century.
Field FLO15
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: 19.4 mm
Width: 9.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st March 2015 - Tuesday 31st March 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 59806
Other reference: SET042015
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Flordon (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM1898
Four figure Latitude: 52.53620462
Four figure longitude: 1.21295669
1:25K map: TM1898
1:10K map: TM19NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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