File:685007. Medieval heraldic horse harness pendant (FindID 288470).jpg

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685007. Medieval heraldic horse harness pendant
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Somerset County Council, Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen, 2010-03-03 12:18:35
Title
685007. Medieval heraldic horse harness pendant
Description
English: A cast copper alloy horse harness pendant. A shield shaped pendant with heraldic decoration comprosing a blue background a three diagonal lines running top left to bottom right and either side of these three small lions. These are likely to be the arms of the de Bohun family and should be described as "azure a bend argent, cotised or between six lioncels or". A shield shaped stud with this coat of arms is illustrated in Griffiths, N, 1995, "Harness pendants and associated fittings" page 70 - 71, number 80 in John Clark ed, "The Medieval Horse and its Equipment", Museum of London. At the top is a suspension loop with a circular hole, This has been slightly bent, but was originally set at right angles to the top edge of the shield. The back is undecorated.

Date: Medieval - 14th century Dimensions: 41.40 mm x 26.65 mm x 6.86 mm

Weight: 13.70 g
Depicted place (County of findspot) Dorset
Date between 1300 and 1399
date QS:P571,+1350-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1300-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1399-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 288470
Old ref: DOR-685007
Filename: 685007.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/240762
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/240762/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/288470
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Object location50° 44′ 53.16″ N, 2° 22′ 06.89″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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