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HARNESS PENDANT

Unique ID: WILT-B4043B

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Medieval copper alloy harness pendant and suspension mount, probably dating to c. AD 1150-1300. The suspension mount comprises of a rectangular sheet of copper alloy folded at one end to form a loop and with a rectangular slot cut to accommodate the suspension loop of the pendant. There are two circular rivet holes positioned on the longitudinal median line and a separate copper alloy axis bar is held within the fold. The pendant itself is circular in plan, and concavo-convex, with a transverse attachment loop projecting from the edge.

The pendant weighs 7g and measures 54.76mm in length and 13.1mm in width and is 1.44mm in thickness. The mount section measures 33.81mm in length, 11.61mm in width and 1.44mm in thickness. The pendant section is 28.92mm in length, 13.1mm in width and 6.51mm in height at the suspension loop.

cf. Similar examples published by Biddle (1990: 1049-1052) from 12th-13th century contexts at Winchester, eg. nos. 3902b, 3911, 3928.

Sub class: set

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: Circa AD 1300

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 54.76 mm
Height: 6.52 mm
Width: 13.1 mm
Thickness: 1.44 mm
Weight: 7 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SSWM 5498

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Market Lavington (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU0153
Four figure Latitude: 51.2761454
Four figure longitude: -1.98704796
1:25K map: SU0153
1:10K map: SU05SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Read, B.	2001	Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom	Langport	Portcullis Publishing	pp 49 and 56	no 438

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Recording Institution: WILT
Created: 4 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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