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HARNESS PENDANT

Unique ID: DOR-5A0BC8

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A copper alloy horse harness pendant. The plate is trapezoidal in shape and has a circular hole pierced through it towards the lower edge. There are traces of possible decoration on one face, but the surface is too corroded to be certain of what this comprises. At the centre of the upper edge is a suspension loop with a small circular hole, two of the corners of the plate have been bent inwards.
Date: Medieval - c. 1200 - 1400
Dimensions: 42.25 mm x 29.27 mm x 0.75 mm
Weight: 5.44 g

A similar harness pendant is recorded in database record SWYOR-32BA40

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 42.25 mm
Width: 29.27 mm
Thickness: 0.75 mm
Weight: 5.44 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCMS 019469

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Stourpaine (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST8510
Four figure Latitude: 50.88928764
Four figure longitude: -2.21462482
1:25K map: ST8510
1:10K map: ST81SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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Recording Institution: DOR
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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