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MOUNT
Unique ID: LEIC-A8A312
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy mount? 28mm long, 9mm wide and 4mm thick. The object is in good condition and weighs 3.26grams. The object consists of a curved, sub-rectangular shaft (semi-circular with a flat underside) which terminates in a stylised animal head? which in turn sits above a semi-circular 'clip' whose internal surface is covered with iron staining. The 'animal head' consists of a raised collar sitting behind two stepped triangular forms which are decorated with a series of diagonal lines. The decoration is similar to buckle terminals but the alignment of the semi-circular clip suggests another function.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28 mm
Width: 9 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 3.26 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Harborough (District)
Parish or ward: Skeffington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7302
Four figure Latitude: 52.610882
Four figure longitude: -0.923356
1:25K map: SK7302
1:10K map: SK70SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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