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HARNESS MOUNT
Unique ID: PUBLIC-919C3D
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a cast copper alloy late early-medieval probable harness mount, sub-triangular in plan, with an intact iron rivet at the lobed terminal and openwork decoration which is incomplete at the broken opposite edge which would have expanded into a mount with a right-angled flange at the base with two more rivets. The shape of the terminal appears to be zoomorphic, a stag's head with antlers around the openwork circles on either side of a domed forehead above two recessed eye sockets. The eye sockets are 3 mm in diameter and the antlers around circles that are 5 mm in diameter, protrude 9 mm on either side of the snout. The snout extends 13 mm beyond the eyes and the corroded rivet is 5 mm in diameter and 6 mm in length. The opposite edge has four broken half circles which are 5 mm in diameter and would have been complete circles but now form a spiked edge.
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: 28 mm
Height: 6 mm
Width: 31 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 5.84 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 6th January 2018 - Saturday 6th January 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Cuby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW9244
Four figure Latitude: 50.25927117
Four figure longitude: -4.91952534
1:25K map: SW9244
1:10K map: SW94NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams, D. | 1997 | Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts: A Classification and Catalogue | York | CBA Research Report 111 | p.49, fig.33 | nos.144-145 |
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