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MOUNT
Unique ID: SWYOR-6A78D2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval cast copper alloy mount. It is a bar mount which is rectangular in plan with a sub-triangular cross section. One end of the bar terminates in a narrow rectangular knop with a rounded end. The other terminal is a hook that bends upwards a little before an old break. The bar has a transverse ridge a little before each end, and there is a rivet hole between it and the terminal at each end. One copper alloy dome headed rivet survives. The mount has a green/brown patina. It has a length of 45.32mm, width 8.37mm, thickness 3.92mm, weight 6.66g. For reference see example ESS-99A0D6 on the PAS database, which refers to an example in Read which sound very similar. The mount probably dates from 1250 - 1400.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45.32 mm
Width: 8.37 mm
Thickness: 3.92 mm
Weight: 6.66 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 4th January 2010
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
Parish or ward: Whorlton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ4802
Four figure Latitude: 54.411196
Four figure longitude: -1.261944
1:25K map: NZ4802
1:10K map: NZ40SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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