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MOUNT
Unique ID: LEIC-27BD55
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval? copper alloy mount, 53mm long 13mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 8.02grams. The object is rectangular in form and section and consists of a long strip which slightly widens at one end, which is broken. Next to this is an area which is slightly raised and is decorated with at least three raised bands. The object terminates with a flat slightly raised ridge. It has three fixing rivets, two in the widest part which contain iron. The object may be strapping for a box, a book binding or a stiffening plate.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 53 mm
Width: 13 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 8.02 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Kirby Bellars (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7217
Four figure Latitude: 52.74583659
Four figure longitude: -0.93484752
1:25K map: SK7217
1:10K map: SK71NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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