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MOUNT
Unique ID: DUR-48DDF3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A possible copper alloy phallic shaped mount dating to the Roman period.
The object features a circular-sectioned shaft which tapers to a rounded point. At the other end of the shaft is a double raised collar on one side of the object. From the second collar projects two rounded knops. Between the two collars is an area of iron corrosion perhaps suggesting the method of attachment.
There are other phallic mounts recorded on the PAS database, for example see WAW-7C0283.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.26 mm
Width: 14.06 mm
Weight: 8.4 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
Parish or ward: Carlton Husthwaite (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4977
Four figure Latitude: 54.18643999
Four figure longitude: -1.25062769
1:25K map: SE4977
1:10K map: SE47NE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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