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MOUNT
Unique ID: SF-405E00
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy trefoil mount of Post-Medieval date. It is missing the majority of both spikes due to old breaks, now worn.
It is a flattened D-shape is section with a flat back and rounded front face. One terminal is lozenge-shaped with a pair of parallel circular lobes.
This mount measures 23.48mm in length, 9.66mm in width at the lozenge, 16.89mm in width at the circular lobes, 1.88mm in thickness, 2.92g in weight.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.48 mm
Width: 16.89 mm
Thickness: 1.88 mm
Weight: 2.92 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: OKY 028
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Brome and Oakley
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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