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HARNESS MOUNT
Unique ID: LEIC-536EFC
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy harness suspension mount, 32mm long, 16mm wide and 8mm thick, with a weight of 8.87grams. The mount is rectangular in form and cross section and has a large rectangular strip emerging from its upper surface. This is folded over and has a central slit to accomodate a suspension loop and circular sectioned bar. The reverse of the plate also has a centrally placed, circular sectioned attachment prong.
The object is decorated with a solid raised border which contains a series of circular and rectangular projections which are arranged in a loose circle sitting above a straight border of rounded projections. This arrangement may represent a curled beast, a dragon? the whole of this surface has traces of gilding. The form of the mount matches one in Clarke, J. 'The medieval horse and its equipment' 1995, pg 67, No 69.
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 1175
Date to: Circa AD 1350
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight: 8.87 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: Boston (District)
Parish or ward: Frampton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF3437
Four figure Latitude: 52.91372
Four figure longitude: -0.00865487
1:25K map: TF3437
1:10K map: TF33NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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