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HARNESS MOUNT
Unique ID: NMS-659DEF
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Two post-medieval harness mounts, both with a pair of integral attachment spikes on the reverse, 17th century:
- asymmetrical, one end pointed, the other square, broadly comparable with Read 2016, no. 330, round-sectioned spikes, length 23.2, width 8.5mm.
- distorted, circular but rendered cruciform by four moulded cut-outs, with five tiny lobes at the end of each arm, and most of the surface covered with pellets, oval-sectioned spikes, width / diameter 15mm.
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: 2
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 19th December 2019 - Tuesday 31st December 2019
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 25765
Other reference: SB032020
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Congham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7123
Four figure Latitude: 52.77750198
Four figure longitude: 0.53373441
1:25K map: TF7123
1:10K map: TF72SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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