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MOUNT
Unique ID: NCL-03BD12
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast copper alloy late Medieval mount.
A rounded head sits atop a tab at the lower end, possibly representing a stylised animal or shell form. The top section is decorated with incised cross-hatch lines. The lower section is decorated with incised horizontal lines. The rivet is set slightly off centre on the back.
The mount has a grey-black patina with the incised lines showing through as light brown colour.
Parallels are known from a late Medieval context on the North Wirral coast (Egan, Griffiths and Philpott 2007, fig no.s 1131, 1138, 1139).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.78 mm
Width: 9.7 mm
Thickness: 3.48 mm
Weight: 1.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2010 - Saturday 31st July 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
Parish or ward: Coxwold (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE5277
Four figure Latitude: 54.186145
Four figure longitude: -1.204661
1:25K map: SE5277
1:10K map: SE57NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffiths, D., Philpott. R. and Egan, G. | 2007 | Meols: The Archaeology of the North West Wirral Coast | Oxford | Oxford University School of Archaeology | 119 | fig nos. 1131, 1138, 1139 |
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