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MOUNT
Unique ID: DENO-53C371
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Fragment of early Anglo-Saxon harness mount made from gilded copper alloy. 6th century.
Crescentic terminal (thickness 1.4mm) with slightly damaged corners and lower edge. Narrowed but thicker (thickness 3.4mm) extension above with two punched annulets directly above, and possibly another punched annulet above them, across which the obect is broken. Traces of gilding all over the face. The reverse is ungilded and undecorated. Length 20.0mm, width of cresent 27.5mm, widt of narrower section 13.64mm, thickness max 3.4mm, weight 3.60g.
It is hard to know the precise form of the mount originally, as these terminals are found on mounts with a variety of shapes. Compare (from graves) Lechlade 180 and Beckford B 12A; from the PAS database, BERK-461026 (Lambourn), DENO-A99AB3 (Barrow-on-Trent), SOMDOR-305381 (Loxton) and WMID-AA7268 (Ilam).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 500
Date to: AD 570
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20 mm
Width: 27.5 mm
Thickness: 3.4 mm
Weight: 3.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st March 2007 - Wednesday 4th April 2007
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E5577
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Carlton le Moorland
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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