CAM-055A22: Middle Iron Age mount or stud

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MOUNT

Unique ID: CAM-055A22

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A copper alloy mount possibly from a shield, casket or scabbard dating to the Middle or Late Iron Age. The stud is circular in shape and hemispherical in section. The upper surface of the stud possesses a central circular depression. The depression is decorated with a knurled ring of a white substance, which has tentatively been identified as coral. The ring encircles a small, rounded, circular knop. The underside of the mount is flat with uneven iron corrosion adhering to it. There is a central, circular perforation. The mount has a diameter of 16mm and a thickness of 5mm. A similar stud with an inlay of red coral from the Mediterranean was found with a sword in Grimthorpe (Stead, 19??, 61). This stud was interpreted as decoration from the scabbard or hilt.

Find of note status

This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: AD 600
Date to: AD 43

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5 mm
Diameter: 16 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 5th March 2006

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Shell or Coral
Manufacture method: Cast

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: Weston Colville

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Stead, I.M.	1979	The Arras Culture			61	4, 5

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Recording Institution: CAM
Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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