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HARNESS MOUNT
Unique ID: DOR-25C63D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy sheet metal harness mount hammered. The mount is oval with two integral suspension loops at one side which have circular holes in the centre. On the opposite side are breaks for a pair of opposing loops, now missing. A central hole has been pierced through the main plate. On the lower edge are two stubs for a missing hooked and split suspension loop.The front of the plate is decorated with cross hatched incised pairs of diagonal lines forming lozengiform sections (a fret). These are alternately filled with stamped annulets. There are traces of gilding on the front face. and the upper surface is gilded, including around the suspension loops. The rear is flat and undecorated.
Date: Early Medieval 1100 - 1300
Dimensions: 37.42 mm x 0.90 mm
Weight: 7.93 g
Similar mounts are recorded on the database - see records NMS-1FD007 and NMS-591445
Class: pendant suspension mount
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1150
Date to: Exactly AD 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 7.93 g
Diameter: 37.52 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 017582
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Decoration style: Geometric
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Piddlehinton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SY7196
Four figure Latitude: 50.76285979
Four figure longitude: -2.41254648
1:25K map: SY7196
1:10K map: SY76NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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