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MOUNT
Unique ID: NCL-9A8BB5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy mount from the Medieval period. The mount is T-shaped in plan with a decorated terminal at one end. The terminal begins with a narrow collar and continues to a semi-circular knob with an oblong pointed projection off its tip. The main body of the mount is triangular in section. The opposite end is a flattened rectangular plate. There are two rivet perforations spaced 38.21mm apart with one on the shaft and the other on the middle of the knob terminal which also still has the rivet in place. The mount is slightly bent and may have been a box mount.
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 74.89 mm
Width: 18.25 mm
Thickness: 4.53 mm
Weight: 13.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st October 2007
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
District: Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Rochester (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NY8298
Four figure Latitude: 55.275809
Four figure longitude: -2.284873
1:25K map: NY8298
1:10K map: NY89NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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