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MOUNT
Unique ID: NMS-1F7BB7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper-alloy mount in the shape of a stylised scallop shell and an integral tri-lobed or trefoil element, with two integral attachment spikes on the reverse. Both the shell and the trefoil are flat on the reverse and marginally convex on the front. The shell is near semi-circular and some of its edge has been lost to wear and abrasion. It is marked by five linear grooves, three of which radiate from the centre and the other two from an off-centre position. The trefoil emerges from the centre of the flat edge of the shell. Its lateral foils are separated from the shell by wedge-shaped grooves.
The spikes are circular sectioned and terminate in blunt, possibly incomplete points. They are arranged longitudinally and both are bent in the direction of the trefoil end. Parallels on this database include SOM-DB0947, SF-74FC71, and IOW-50D0A6. 16th or 17th century.
Length: 17.4mm. Width: 14.6mm. Thickness (excluding spikes): 2.4mm. Length of spikes: 5.8mm. Diameter of spikes: 1.6mm. Weight: 2.1g
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.4 mm
Width: 14.6 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 2.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 13th January 2020 - Monday 10th February 2020
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 23536
Other reference: KLMD022020
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Beachamwell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7505
Four figure Latitude: 52.61457342
Four figure longitude: 0.5834058
1:25K map: TF7505
1:10K map: TF70NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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