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HARNESS FITTING
Unique ID: LANCUM-7B6C96
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a Roman harness fitting dating from the early Roman period, c. 1st-2nd centuries AD. The fragment is extremely worn with agraded surfaces. About a quarter of the ring remains: part of the horizontal bar at the bottom and a small part of the ring which looks to be undecorated.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 8.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 10th January 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 1180
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Carlisle (District)
To be known as: Rickerby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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