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MOUNT
Unique ID: SOM-B610D8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval copper alloy mount with integral attachments. The mount has a lozenge-shaped central section flanked at one side with a tri-lobed terminal and on the other is joined to an oval plate by a collar. The mount is think and flat except for a slight rise at the joint of collar and central section. The reverse has two integral rivet, one at the edge of tri-lobed terminal and one on the collar. Each rivet is central in the plate, bent outwards facing the ends. The mount measures 39.6mm long, 14.1mm wide, 5.7mm thick including the attachments (36.3mm long and 1.6mm thick excluding) and weighs 4.47 grams.
Read (2001: 36) has a similar example which he dates to the 17th century AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39.6 mm
Width: 14.1 mm
Thickness: 5.7 mm
Weight: 4.47 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 15th March 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 20739
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Sedgemoor (District)
To be known as: Chedzoy
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2001 | Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom | Langport | Portcullis Publishing |
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