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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: WILT-4A673E
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete medieval cast copper-alloy horse harness pendant, dating to the period AD 1200-1500. The pendant design is in the form of a fleur de lys, hanging downwards from a wide tab which ends in an oval suspension loop offset at a ninety degree angle. There is a central circular perforation in the fleur de lys which is 4.19mm in diameter. The lower lobe or petal is V shape in section, hollow backed, the other lobes are C shape. It is 33.53mm in length, 18.72mm in width and weighs 1.45g.
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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 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.53 mm
Width: 18.72 mm
Weight: 1.45 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 5121
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Broad Chalke (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU0324
Four figure Latitude: 51.01537053
Four figure longitude: -1.95860828
1:25K map: SU0324
1:10K map: SU02SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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