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MOUNT
Unique ID: SWYOR-A266EB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy zoomorphic mount of probable Post Medieval date, about AD 1700 - 1800. It is in the form of a goat or ram's head, facing forwards. It has deeply knurled horns and long hair is depicted on the brow. There are moulded pointed ears, lentoid eyes and prominent ridges above them, and a narrow muzzle with concave cheeks. Projecting from the top of the head is a square sectioned, forward curving hook or spiral terminal, like the head of a crozier. The end of the hook is circular in plan. The reverse of the mount is hollow and filemarks are visible on the edges of the base. Projecting from the upper centre of the reverse (slightly to the left) is a circular sectioned shank, perhaps incomplete. The metal has a smooth dark green patina. The mount is 47.7mm tall, 29.83mm wide and 25.16mm thick. 25.27g.
The style does not suggest a Roman date (Worrell, pers.comm.). The square hook is particularly uncharacteristic. It is probably 18th century.
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 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47.7 mm
Width: 29.83 mm
Thickness: 25.16 mm
Weight: 25.27 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st February 2014 - Saturday 1st March 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2178
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
Parish or ward: Hensall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE5923
Four figure Latitude: 53.70011146
Four figure longitude: -1.10782105
1:25K map: SE5923
1:10K map: SE52SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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