GLO-19904C: GLO-19904C Medieval Harness suspension mount

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HARNESS MOUNT

Unique ID: GLO-19904C

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Copper alloy horse harness pendant suspension mount in the form of a long vertical bar with bevelled sides. The top end is expanded to form a rounded terminal with an elongated knop tip, there is a further expanded ridge 2/3 of the way down the bar, both of these expanded panels have a central rivet hole for suspension, both holes a encrusted in iron corrosion suggesting that that the rivets were made of iron. On the opposite lower end are two downward projecting pierced taps that would have mounted the harness pendent in between.

Small patches of gilding is visible on the surface.

Class: pendant suspension mount

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 31 mm
Width: 8 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 3.6 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st July 2017 - Wednesday 1st November 2017

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Malvern Hills (District)
Parish or ward: Hill Croome (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SO8841
Four figure Latitude: 52.06723912
Four figure longitude: -2.17646861
1:25K map: SO8841
1:10K map: SO84SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Recording Institution: GLO
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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