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HARNESS MOUNT
Unique ID: LVPL-4F35DC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy harness pendant suspension mount of Medieval date. The mount has a sub-oval, almost heart-shaped, domed strap attachment, with two lobed projections at either side. Projecting from the rear is an integral circular sectioned rivet or lug which tapers to a squared off point. Two pierced suspension loops suspend from the base of the object.
The outer face of the mount is decorated with a central incised fleur-de-lis above which are to either side are three curved grooves within a curved border. A transverse ridge between the body of the object and the suspension loops is decorated with small linear grooves. The remains of gilding are visible on the outer face.
Griffiths (1986:1, 4, no.21b) illustrates a similar example and suggest most date to the 13th to 14th centuries AD. See SOM-EED1C0 on this database for an example complete with the pendant.
Dimensions: 29.72mm in length, 21.45mm in width, 8.41mm thick, 5.8g.
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: 29.72 mm
Width: 21.45 mm
Thickness: 8.41 mm
Weight: 5.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st March 2015 - Friday 20th March 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
To be known as: Selby area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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