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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy harness mount of Medieval date (c. AD 1150 ? c. AD 1400). Length 35.5mm, width 42.0mm and maximum thickness 3.8mm. Weight 11.93g.
The mount is cross-shaped in plan. It is slightly convex at the front and flat at the rear. The upper arm and the two side arms are identical. They have a length of about 19.0mm and each flare slightly towards the terminal end which is concave in plan. The width of the arms at the concave ends is about 8.0mm. Close to each end is a small circular rivet hole which is not counter-sunk. Two of the rivets are completely missing and one of the holes contains the remains of a flat-headed iron rivet. The two free holes have a diameter of 2.8mm. The lower arm of the cross also flares slightly but is much shorter than the other three. It has a length of 10.0mm. At its lower end it has a V-shaped notch (as viewed in plan) and each side is perforated to accommodate a bar on which the missing harness pendant was hinged. The bar has not survived and there is no indication from staining to suggest it was made of iron.
The artefact has superficial corrosion deposits and a patina has not survived. There is no evidence for any surface treatment, for example, gilding. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1150
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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