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MOUNT
Unique ID: BH-EFA941
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete Post Medieval cast copper-alloy gilded mount dating c. AD 1500-1700. The mount is trapezoidal in shape and sub-D-shape in cross-section with a square plate projecting at one end. The long edges are bevelled and the corners rounded. Extending along the centre of the plate is a groove flaked either side by a slightly raised ridge. The long edges are also slightly raised so that the front surface of the plate on either side is slightly hollowed. Patchy gilding covers the upper surface. The remainder of the object is mottled mid brown and green in colour, as is the flat underside. Projecting at each end of the reverse are inwardly pointing attachment spikes.
The mount measures 20.1mm long, 11.4mm wide and 5.7mm high (the plate is 2.1mm thick). It weighs 2.43 grams.
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: 20.1 mm
Height: 5.7 mm
Width: 11.4 mm
Thickness: 2.1 mm
Weight: 2.43 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2016 - Saturday 1st October 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Linear
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Barkway (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL3833
Four figure Latitude: 51.9783341
Four figure longitude: 0.00784081
1:25K map: TL3833
1:10K map: TL33SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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