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MOUNT
Unique ID: LEIC-4FA8C0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Early Medieval or Medieval copper alloy mount, 26mm long 22mm wide and 1mm thick. The object is fragmentary and has a sub triangular form with a rounded edge, along which is a border of punched dots. One side appears intact, it is straight and has a smal triangular protrusion near its lower edge. The other side is formed by damage and is irregular.
The object is possibly part of a sub- circular mount.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 600
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26 mm
Width: 22 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 1.67 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 21st September 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
District: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Little Casterton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0009
Four figure Latitude: 52.66949552
Four figure longitude: -0.52262153
1:25K map: TF0009
1:10K map: TF00NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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