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MOUNT
Unique ID: KENT-EAEC15
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Post Medieval copper alloy mount, dating to the 17th century. The mount is formed of a central oval section with a smaller circular section on either side at the narrowest point. The object is domed with two integral rivets on the concave underside. A similar mount can be found in Read (2001, no. 307) and dates to the 17th century.
The mount is 42.3mm long, 21.1mm wide, 1.9mm thick and weighs 9.83 grams
Reference: Read, B. 2001. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity. Portcullis Publishing, Langport, Somerset.
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42.3 mm
Width: 21.1 mm
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 9.83 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Ashford (District)
Parish or ward: Newenden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ8327
Four figure Latitude: 51.01326211
Four figure longitude: 0.60744653
1:25K map: TQ8327
1:10K map: TQ82NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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