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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: LEIC-9FDF6E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant, 35mm long, 22mm wide and 3mm thick with a weight of 8.23g. The object is shield-shaped, with a straight top and sides curving to a point. At the top is an integral suspension loop pierced from side to side. It is decorated with a lion rampant, facing left, picked out in red enamel.
Class: heraldic
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 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35 mm
Width: 22 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 8.23 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Childerley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL3562
Four figure Latitude: 52.23964141
Four figure longitude: -0.02432465
1:25K map: TL3562
1:10K map: TL36SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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