MOUNT
Unique ID: KENT-A76065
An incomplete Medieval cast copper alloy mount. The mount has one suspension loop present and part of a separate hook fitting. The mount has a foliate design, and one rivet hole with some iron staining around it. The hook has a globular terminal. Mount: 29.2mm L x 17.98mm W x 2.77mm T. Hooked fitting: 21.26mm L x 15.21mm W x 11.50mm T. 12.80g weight. Read suggests this is a 16th century mount from a sword belt (2001: p.43, no. 373).
Notes:
The object comes from a collection of finds found by a detectorist who searched the spoil from a dredged sewer drain in Sandwich. The material was then given to DoverMuseum. No other information is available on the findspot.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Length: 47.34 mm
Width: 29.86 mm
Thickness: 2.75 mm
Weight: 12.8 g
Quantity: 1
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Recorded by: Miss Jessica
Bryan
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Decoration style: Floral [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East And London
County: Kent
District: Dover
To be known as: Sandwich
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
References cited
- Read, B., 2001. Metal artefacts of antiquity: a catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom Langport : Portcullis1, pp43
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Created:
Wednesday 12th May 2010
Updated: Thursday 13th May 2010
