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HARNESS MOUNT
Unique ID: NMS-E039B2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval gilt copper alloy harness mount, flat, square or lozengiform with a trefoil lobe at each corner and a pair of integral round-sectioned attachment spikes on the reverse. Decoration in low relief comprises a square arrangement of twelve pellets and a thirteenth at the centre, Broadly comparable with Read 2016, no. 250 but with two spikes and rather different ornament. Closer to SUSS-1F3353. 24 x 23.5mm. Thickness excluding spikes 2.8mm. 17th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24 mm
Width: 23.5 mm
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 26th April 2018 - Wednesday 27th June 2018
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 54795
Other reference: DDMD062018
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: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Deopham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM0598
Four figure Latitude: 52.54124874
Four figure longitude: 1.02157192
1:25K map: TM0598
1:10K map: TM09NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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