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MOUNT
Unique ID: PUBLIC-DAD2B6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A incomplete Post Medieval cast copper alloy asymmetrical Mount. A flat mount, with an integral bent-in rectangular-section spike and part of another on its back which attached it to a leather belt or harness. It has a central large drop- or heart-shaped lobe, with a trefoil at the pointed end and a projecting rounded or possibly trefoil lobe at the other. Surface and general condition fair.
Length 32.2mm, width 16.9mm, thickness 2.4mm, and weight 4.6g.
A similar mount is illustrated in Read 2001, Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, p.34, no.287.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.2 mm
Width: 16.9 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 4.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 10th October 2008
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2001 | Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 34 | 287 |
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