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MOUNT
Unique ID: SF-DB8C98
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy mount or stud of possible late Medieval to Post-Medieval date. It has a domed sexfoil shaped head with flattened top and concave back face. At the centre of the back face is an integrally cast shaft that is square in section and tapers to a blunt tip. It measures 31.03mm in diameter 7.15mm in height at head (18.08mm including shaft), and weighs 12.36g. This mount or stud is perhaps related to furniture or horse fittings and is of probable later Medieval to Post-Medieval date, c.15th-17th centuries AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 18.08 mm
Weight: 12.36 g
Diameter: 31.03 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Brockley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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