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HARNESS FITTING
Unique ID: NMS-10AFD5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy strap or harness slider or mount. Sub-rectangular shape with shallow double-scalloped sides and curved ends. The reverse has a single tapered prong at each end. Both prongs extend perpendicularly (10.8mm) and then turn back along the body at right angles to create a rectangular loop. The front face is decorated with a medial row of overlapping punched half-circles with central annulets. The central design is bordered along both sides by close-punched rows of annulets. The front face has extensive remains of gilding. Cf NMS-A34A43 and IOW-4A5357. Circa AD 1600- 1700.
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: 25.3 mm
Width: 11 mm
Thickness: 14.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 17th September 2018 - Monday 17th September 2018
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 33221
Other reference: GCENF145467
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: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Litcham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF8817
Four figure Latitude: 52.71798245
Four figure longitude: 0.78202405
1:25K map: TF8817
1:10K map: TF81NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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