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Mount
Unique ID: NMGW-AC4A16
Object type certainty: Certain
Late Medieval or early post medieval copper alloy mount, probably of 15th or 16th century date The mount is lozenge-shaped with a domed centre and separate rivet. The mount is complete, except for the rivet (with a length of 17.5mm, a width of 14.1mm, a depth of 4.0mm and a weight of 1.3g). Two of the opposing sides of the mount are bevelled while the other two are square-cut. The domed area is circular (with a diameter of 9.0mm) with the hole to accommodate the rivet at the apex (with a diameter of 2.8mm). The rear of the boss is dished. Remnant traces of a dark green surface patina survive, elsewhere the mount is brown.
The mount can be broadly paralleled with a square example recorded by Egan & Pritchard (1991, p 197, no. 1061) from an excavation in London and recovered from an early to mid-fifteenth century context. Egan & Pritchard suggest that mounts of this form may be from book covers rather than belts or straps and continue in use into the post-medieval period (ibid).
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 1400
Date to: AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Length: 17.5 mm
Width: 14.1 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 1.3 g
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: Wales
County: Monmouthshire
District: Monmouthshire
Parish: Mathern
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st May 2009
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mr Mark Lodwick
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Identified by: Mr Mark Lodwick - [view all attributed records]
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Created:
Thursday 6th August 2009
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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