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MOUNT
Unique ID: HAMP-1703C6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A corroded cast copper-alloy mount of post-medieval date (c. 17th century). The object takes the form of an elaborate quatrefoil, that is, one with rounded lobes in the angles. It is convex, with a domed centre. The apex is flattened with a central punch. On opposing sides of the lower surface are integral lugs, possibly sited at slight protrusions; one is bent upwards, the other curved round (max. H.: 11.35mm). The artefact has corroded to a red-brown metal over which is light-green and a yellowy corrosion product and traces of a grey patina. A parallel can be found illustrated in Read (2001, 34; ref. 280).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E2819
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Andover (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3845
Four figure Latitude: 51.202955
Four figure longitude: -1.457474
1:25K map: SU3845
1:10K map: SU34NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2001 | Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 34 | 280 |
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