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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: FAKL-DEA1B3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Medieval shield shaped harness pendant and suspension bar, cast copper alloy, now with much loss of surface. The pendant and bar are linked by a loop on the upper edge of the pendant which is secured between two lugs on the underside of the bar, there were formed by bending back flat projection to surround the linking pin. The bar has a flattened, D shaped section, 6.0 x 3.2mm, its underside being slightly hollow. Through it are two, 3.0mm diameter rivet holes and, at each end, is a projecting 'nose'. The pendant is shield-shaped, 17.2 x 14.0mm, and its face bears a checkered pattern made up of small squares of red enamel. A thirteenth-fourteenth century date is appropriate for this object. Length 35.3mm, Width 31.5mm, Thickness (pendant) 2.2mm, Mass 6.99g.
Class:
heraldic
Sub class: set
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.3 mm
Width: 31.5 mm
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Weight: 6.99 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SWY 880
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
Parish or ward: Towton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4443
Four figure Latitude: 53.8813346
Four figure longitude: -1.3321541
1:25K map: SE4443
1:10K map: SE44SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 0.1 metre square.
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