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MOUNT
Unique ID: LANCUM-2CF770
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
17th or 18th century copper-alloy openwork umbonate bridle-boss mount. It is of septfoil shape with three perforations and a terminal knop on each of the seven foils (one now missing). The boss has a raised moulded center with eight ribs separated by triangular holes, and a single central raised dot.
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: AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 60.5 mm
Width: 60.5 mm
Weight: 28.62 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st March 2007
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: South Lakeland (District)
To be known as: Kendal
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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