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HARNESS FITTING
Unique ID: NLM-0C6D7D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy harness link fragment. Cast rhomboid loop with a knop on the outer edge of three angles, and the stub of a lentoid section bar projecting from the fourth. The metal has a reddish tint often associated with Anglo-Scandinavian material; this is a rather small example. Creased at the loop. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 1000-1100
Length: 29.3mm, Width: 20.5mm, Thickness: 2.8mm, Weight: 3.21 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.3 mm
Width: 20.5 mm
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Weight: 3.21 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 3rd March 2020
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM45220
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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