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HARNESS PENDANT
Unique ID: WAW-1AB8D7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval (13th to 14th centuries) harness pendant: the copper alloy pendant is a shield shape with an integral elongated lug protruding from the centre of the upper edge. The lug tip has a perforation which is perpendicular to the pendant. The outer face of the pendant is decorated with a unidentifiable motif within a red enamel field. The reverse of the pendant is undecorated.
The surface is heavily abraded.
The pendant measures 35.87mm in length, 19.52mm in width and weighs 4.64g.
Medieval harness pendant, which were popular between the 12th and 14th centuries.
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: 35.87 mm
Width: 19.52 mm
Weight: 4.64 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 15th August 2018 - Wednesday 15th August 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Bromsgrove (District)
Parish or ward: Bentley Pauncefoot (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO9966
Four figure Latitude: 52.29213093
Four figure longitude: -2.01608318
1:25K map: SO9966
1:10K map: SO96NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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