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MOUNT
Unique ID: BH-51EA06
Object type certainty: Certain
A copper-alloy mount of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date.
The head of the mount is sub-circular and of flat section. The upper surface is decorated with a 'chip carved' design which retains much of its original gilding. At the centre of this design there is a triple-stranded, interlaced quatrefoil. This quatrefoil is entwined with a single-stranded rectangle, on each of the four corners of which there is an angled loop whose outer limit projects beyond the edges of the otherwise circular head. The final element of the design is a ropework border which extends around the circumference, passing through the aforementioned loops. The reverse of the mount is undecorated and there is a rectangular arrangement of four integral circular-sectioned rivets, all of which have been bent in the same direction. The artefact measures 17.7mm in diameter, 1.1mm thick (head), 5.6mm deep (including rivets) and weighs 2.36g.
Dr. Helen Geake (pers. comm.) suggests a late 6th to early 7th century date for this mount, based on the nature of the interlace design, which she sees as probably representing a transition between Style I and Style II. The shape of this mount is slightly unusual: most horse harness decorations of this period are circular (see, for example, PUBLIC-E3FDF3, SF-9CA772, DENO-28C1C3, BERK-18B795). PAS record BUC-B9B352, an Irish piece, is of similar form, albeit it is approximately 150 years later than this example.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ascribed Culture: Anglo-Saxon [scope notes| view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 550
Date to: Circa AD 650
Dimensions and weight
Thickness: 1.1 mm
Weight: 2.36 g
Diameter: 17.7 mm
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: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Surface Treatment: Gilded [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: South East And London
County: Buckinghamshire
District: Aylesbury Vale
To be known as: Edlesborough
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 30th January 2011
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mr Julian Watters
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Identified by: Mr Julian Watters - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Dr Helen Geake - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 11/202 - 2
References cited
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Audit data
Created:
Friday 10th February 2012
Updated: Tuesday 20th March 2012
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