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MOUNT
Unique ID: NMS-12F957
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Late Saxon/medieval sub-circular mount with a flat back and two drilled holes for attachment. In the centre, an integrally cast boss surrounded by a ring of pellets in relief depicts an equal-armed cross. The concave-sided arms are filled with six pellets in counter relief. The rather irregular shape and the fact that the holes are misaligned with the cross suggest either that the mount has been adapted from a larger object or that it was an experimental casting from a mould intended for some other use. Its diameter is 22 - 23.5mm, with a thickness of 1.2mm, 3.5mm at the boss. The hole is of diameter 10.5mm. The mount perhaps dates from the 10th-12th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 900
Date to: Circa AD 1200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Diameter: 22 mm
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 54122
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Wramplingham
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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