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HARNESS FITTING
Unique ID: NMS-0BC7A5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval bar mount from harness, worn, corroded and bent, D-sectioned bar with opposed cusped mouldings before perforated terminal with elongated projecting lobe, the other end with opposed cusped mouldings before a perforated boss and a further length of D-sectioned bar ending in a worn and broken expanded double-pronged fork, or possibly the remaining sides of an openwork rectangular loop or terminal. Both rivet-holes contain much iron corrosion. Extant length (unbent) 77.5mm. Width 10mm. 13th-14th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Width: 18.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 20th July 2017 - Wednesday 20th September 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 54975
Other reference: AHS092017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Scole (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM1678
Four figure Latitude: 52.35747717
Four figure longitude: 1.17058842
1:25K map: TM1678
1:10K map: TM17NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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