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Unique ID: LIN-93BA67
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete copper-alloy mount dating from the medieval period, c.AD1150-1400
A sexfoil mount of rounded petals with a domed centre with a centrally positioned circular hole and six lobes, two of which have been broken off. The separate rivet is missing. Similar mounts are listed in Egan (2002, p.191, fig. 120) and in Read (2001, p.13, p.15, no. 105) who dates one example to c.AD1350-1400. This mount may have decorated a strap or girdle, but they are known to have ornamented other items too such as purses (Egan 2002, 162).
Length: 21.47 mm; (surviving) Width: 17.19 mm; Thickness (plate): 0.95 mm; Weight: 0.89g
References cited
Egan, G. and Pritchard, F., (2002) Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London) (2002). London, HMSO.
Read, B. and Read, P., 2001. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity: A Catalogue of Small Finds from Specific Areas of the United Kingdom. Volume One. Portcullis Publishing.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1150
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.47 mm
Width: 17.19 mm
Thickness: 0.95 mm
Weight: 0.89 g
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4 Figure: TF0978
Four figure Latitude: 53.28776855
Four figure longitude: -0.36636351
1:25K map: TF0978
1:10K map: TF07NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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