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MOUNT
Unique ID: NLM-AB166E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy mount, as kindly identified by the finder. A sheet metal strip of thickness 4.5mm which is broken across a wide fixing hole at one end, and terminates on a trefoil with a centrally drilled hole of diameter 2.7mm at the other. Possibly from a casket. Now lightly bent. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1350.
Length (as found): 51.7mm, Width (terminal): 6.9mm, Thickness: 1.3mm, Weight: 1.61gms.
Class: Casket
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1350
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 51.7 mm
Width: 6.9 mm
Thickness: 1.3 mm
Weight: 1.61 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st October 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM26262a
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Bigby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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