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MOUNT
Unique ID: LANCUM-18847B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval (1300 - 1500) copper-alloy probable belt mount, roughly trimmed to the shape of the three lobes, which rise up to the domed apex. One rivet is visible Egan & Pritchard (1991) state that such mounts were "clearly in common use by the middle of the 14th century, and they continued to be a popular line late into the next century" (p186). Shares similarities with HAMP-168C5C, LIN-DD84E9 and SF-47AA55
The length is 24mm, the width is 15mm and the weight 2.66g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24 mm
Width: 15 mm
Weight: 2.66 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 27th August 2014
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: OVER
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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