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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy harness link of Late Early-Medieval, eleventh century date. Length 35mm, maximum width 19.5mm and 7mm thick at the central boss. Weight 9.66g. One of the loops is broken and missing, the break is old.When complete, the piece consisted of a central boss connected to a loop each side by a very short arm. The surviving loop is sub-circular in plan with a maximum diameter of 19mm and a minimum diameter of 17.5mm. The maximum internal diameter is 11.5mm and the minimum internal diameter is 10mm. Viewing the strap link in plan, the central boss is hemispherical-shaped and is flat on the underside. Both arms are D-shaped in cross-section and flat on the underside. One arm is shorter than the other. The arm connecting the boss to the surviving loop is about 5mm in length and the other arm is only about 2mm in length. The underside of the loop is chamfered (it slopes outwards from the top of the opening towards the bottom edge of the loop). Assuming that the broken loop was of the same dimensions as the surviving loop, the overall length of the link would have been about 50mm. The harness link is in a stable condition and the metal is a mid-brown colour. Small patches of a dark green patina are evident.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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