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MOUNT
Unique ID: SUR-0E1630
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A mount of later 11th or 12th century date and of uncertain purpose. The mount is flat and has a trilobe apex and two larger sideways projecting lobes. The three upper lobes are slightly truncated and bear iron staining. Centrally is a circular rivet hole. There is a further pair of small rivet holes in the two lower corners as well as a large circular hole in the centre of the lower edge. The mount is decorated with crudely-punched double or triple strands of opposed triangles which form, together with the profile of the object, opposed and joined spirals.
Notes:
This mount may be intended for a book but may have had many possible functions. The design incorporates opposed spirals and projecting lobes; these elements are typical of late Viking decorative styles.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Scandinavian style
Date from: Circa AD 1050
Date to: Circa AD 1150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.17 mm
Width: 38.63 mm
Weight: 8.17 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st September 2009 - Thursday 31st December 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 10.864
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Linear
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Waverley (District)
Parish or ward: Haslemere (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU9233
Four figure Latitude: 51.088946
Four figure longitude: -0.687769
1:25K map: SU9233
1:10K map: SU93SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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