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MOUNT
Unique ID: LVPL-16E394
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy mount dating from the Medieval to the Post-Medieval period, (1100-1700). The object is lozenge shaped and consists of sheet copper alloy. At one end there is a circular rivet hole and at the opposite end is a broken rivet hole. Both sides of the object have been broken. A linear star shape has been incised into the upper surface. The reverse is undecorated. The object is worn and in poor condition. It has a mid green patina.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.87 mm
Width: 31.71 mm
Thickness: 0.68 mm
Weight: 4.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st February 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration method: Incised
Decoration style: Linear
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
To be known as: Collingham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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