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SADDLE
Unique ID: WREX-F9FCE4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy saddle pommel of late medieval or early post-medieval (1400-1600AD), only the hollow cup (or slipper) of which survives.The object sub-circular at the mouth and tapers to form a wedge shaped profile.There are vertical lines on both the front and back of the object.It is possible the object may originally have been tinned (or silvered).The front of the object is damaged.The curving backplate is missing, but there are traces of a central rivet hole that would have been used to fasten the object to the saddle.
For similar examples on the database see LANCUM-535D67, WILT-B49E94 and HESH-E8B9F6.
Length: 35.8mm; width: 21.5mm; thickness at mouth: 15.1mm; weight: 15.4g
Class: pommel
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.8 mm
Width: 212.5 mm
Thickness: 15.1 mm
Weight: 15.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 16th October 2017 - Monday 15th January 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Wrexham museum entry receipt 1242
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Denbighshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Denbighshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: St Asaph
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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