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MOUNT
Unique ID: SWYOR-B04BD3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Medieval cast copper alloy bar mount. It has a central lobe, with a hole, and two tapering bars. One has a terminal lobe which is pierced for a copper alloy rivet but the other terminal is missing. It is mostly semi-circular in section, with a flat back; the bars are rounded, however the central lobe has a flat top with rounded sides. There is no decoration. It dates from 1150-1350. See also PAS record IDs BERK-8CFC90 and KENT-D00533 for similar bar mounts. Also, Read, fig. 144 and Egan fig. 1154.
Class: bar mount
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1150
Date to: Circa AD 1350
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.73 mm
Width: 8.46 mm
Thickness: 4.33 mm
Weight: 1.85 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 10th March 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS record number 1438
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: North Cave (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE8931
Four figure Latitude: 53.767752
Four figure longitude: -0.651235
1:25K map: SE8931
1:10K map: SE83SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. | 1991 | Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991) | London | Stationery Office Books | 213-214 |
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