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HARNESS FITTING
Unique ID: GLO-2DE06C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy harness mount consisting of a bar that has an expanded central panel. On one side is a short semi-circular cross section arms that terminate in a loop that has three evenly spaced outwardly projection knops running around its circumference. The opposite side of the bar is truncated but looks to have formed a larger panel that probably contained at least two loops.
Class:
strap link
Sub class: double ended
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 46 mm
Width: 22 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 14.51 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st March 2017 - Saturday 1st July 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Monmouthshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Monmouthshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Monmouth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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