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HARNESS MOUNT
Unique ID: GLO-A29BF7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy horse harness pendant mount in the form of a horizontal bar with a central suspension mount on one side. The bar has a triangular cross-section, the terminals are rounded with a rivet hole in the centre. Projecting from the centre of one side is a small triangular cross-section arm that terminate in the hanger that comprises two vertical tabs that are separated by a slot, the tabs have a central piercing for the harness pendant axis bar, the bar was iron but this has corroded away leaving the holes encrusted in iron corrosion. This item is gilded.
Class: pendant suspension mount
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 3.95 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st May 2016 - Sunday 1st January 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Tewkesbury (District)
To be known as: Tewkesbury
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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