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HARNESS MOUNT
Unique ID: BH-5B80D4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper-alloy harness pendant suspension mount, dating from the medieval period.
The horizontal bar of the T-shaped mount has a broadly semi-circular cross section, with slightly flattened upper half. An integrally cast rivet projects backwards from both ends of the bar's reverse. These two rivets are of circular cross section and have flattened ends. A gap separates the two perforated lugs that spring from the base of the bar. An iron axis bar is located within the perforations in these lugs and would have held in place the now-missing pendant.
Width: 16.3mm; height: 14.4mm; depth: 9.5mm. Weight: 4.56g.
Steven Ashley illustrates three similar mounts from Norfolk, all of which were attached to 14th century shield-shaped harness pendants (Ashley 2002: Fig. 10, no. 56; Fig. 11, no. 68 and Fig. 12, no. 81).
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 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 14.4 mm
Width: 16.3 mm
Thickness: 9.5 mm
Weight: 4.56 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 20th March 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 15/72 - 172
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: East Hertfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Cottered (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL3329
Four figure Latitude: 51.94360972
Four figure longitude: -0.06645978
1:25K map: TL3329
1:10K map: TL32NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley, S. | 2002 | Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk | Dereham | East Anglian Archaeology |
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