2024-03-19T13:09:19+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/864404/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/864404/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/864404/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/864404/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/864404/format/pdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/864404/format/rdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/864404864404WILT-69C326PAS59B69C32001654HARNESS MOUNTpendant suspension mount52.3619.710.371SSWM 51211MEDIEVAL12001400An incomplete medieval copper-alloy and gilt harness pendant suspension mount or hanger, dating to c AD1200 - 1400.
The suspension mount consists of a long bar, c.8.78mm wide and c 52.36mm in length, with end bosses, and a pair of pierced loops projecting from the centre to one side only (19.70mm wide here). There are signs of iron corrosion in the two piercings. The bar is D-shaped in cross-section The loops, 5.15mm long, would have held the axis bar for the pendant.
Beyond the end two bosses is a stylized fleur-de-lis terminal with a central piercing c.3.75mm in diameter. Rivets, c 9.20mm in length, are in place.There is a semi circumferential collar moulding inside each of the end bosses.
It weighs 10.37g.2017-09-11 15:22:422021-01-20 16:41:54411Certain112929PAS59B69C3200165471211WILTCopper alloy10627CastGildedIncompleteMEDIEVALMDx14221p0gjgrsxwzxMEDIEVALMDx14221p0gjgrsxwzxMetal detectorCircaCirca864355143621434014422SU0118SU0118SU01NW50.96142355-1.98713386810635217WILT69C326.jpg5156441Medieval Horse PendantSalisbury and South Wiltshire Museum4images/flojohnstone/CountyDorsetDistrictEast DorsetCivil Parish50.923-1.96066Wimborne St. GilesReturned to finder95704