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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: PUBLIC-FE9455
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An Medieval copper alloy Horse Harness pendant.
The object is almost bent in half, with a large crack across half of the bend. Originally, it would have been a flat, circular shape with fourteen lobes and an integral suspension loop at the top. There are no marks or patterns on the surface.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 8 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 6.62 g
Diameter: 34 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Near Caistor
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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