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MOUNT
Unique ID: WILT-D2AF74
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete probably Post-Medieval (or just possibly maybe Roman) copper alloy domed mount, with two broken integral studs on the reverse. It measures 27.19mm in diameter and weighs 6.6g.
The mount is 1.36mm thick and decorated to the front with punched ring-and-dot - one at the centre, surrounded by four and a further fifteen flanking the edge. To the reverse the two incomplete stumps measure 3.5-4mm in diameter at their bases.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 6.6 g
Diameter: 27.19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 28th July 2010 - Wednesday 29th September 2010
Rally details.
This object was found at Western Region (Dave's) rally, Broad Hinton, Wiltshire 12.9.10
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 3523
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Broad Hinton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU1076
Four figure Latitude: 51.48286765
Four figure longitude: -1.85738385
1:25K map: SU1076
1:10K map: SU17NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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