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HARNESS FITTING
Unique ID: NMS-E220D8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval gilt copper alloy harness fitting, a hook-plate from a clasp with a pair of integral sub-circular-sectioned rivets on the reverse. The whole is sub-triangular in cross-section, and there is a sharp transverse rib at the junction of hook and bar. Similar to Read 2008, nos. 807 (IOW-7184A4) and 808, and closest to the former. Length 40.2mm. Width 7.8mm. Thickness 4.2mm (including rivets 10mm). Mid 12th - 13th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1150
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40.2 mm
Width: 7.8 mm
Thickness: 4.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 10th June 2017 - Wednesday 20th December 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 62290
Other reference: ECKC012018
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Rocklands (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL9897
Four figure Latitude: 52.53485856
Four figure longitude: 0.9178998
1:25K map: TL9897
1:10K map: TL99NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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