Record ID: NARC-241023 - EARLY MEDIEVAL mount

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MOUNT

Unique ID: NARC-241023

Object type certainty: Certain

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Copper-alloy mount, pr belt plate, with chip-carved gilded Style I zoomorphic decoration dating it to the early Anglo-Saxon period (6th century AD). The mount is rectangular with two rivets at the reverse. One rivet is broken close to the base. The complete rivet is circular in secton. 2.5mm in diameter and 7mm long.

The decoration is in a single panel which follows the rectangular shape of the mount. The Style I zoomorphic design suggests a crouching beast facing right with a curled tail at the far left, feet beneath and a raised pellet as an eye.

The rectangular plate is 27mm long, 15.5mm wide and 2.5mm thick.

This object is similar to long rectangular noseband mounts from early Anglo-Saxon bridles recorded at NCL-8C56A8, SOMDOR-305381 and IOW- B0F5D2, and HAMP-929D82.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 500
Date to: Circa AD 590

Dimensions and weight

Length: 27 mm
Width: 15.5 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 6.78 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Surface Treatment: Gilded [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Northamptonshire
District: South Northamptonshire
Parish: Evenley

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SP5833
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m [scope notes]

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Recorded by: Ms Julie Cassidy - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Ms Julie Cassidy - [view all attributed records]

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