Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
MOUNT
Unique ID: PUBLIC-A568D8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval copper alloy belt or strap mount, probably of 16th or 17th century date
The mount is fragmentary (with a surviving length of 30.5mm a width of 25.6mm, a thickness of 3.0mm and a weight of 4.9g) and depicts a floral motif. One remnant stub for attachment survives on the rear. The surface has been lost and is now pale to mid brown with remnant traces of pale green patina.
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: 25.6 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 4.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 5th August 2010 - Thursday 30th September 2010
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMWPA 2010.153.3
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
District: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Llanfair (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST0070
Four figure Latitude: 51.4201622
Four figure longitude: -3.43952688
1:25K map: ST0070
1:10K map: ST07SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
Similar objects
Find number: NMGW-F408B2
Object type: MOUNT
Broadperiod: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Early medieval copper alloy mount of Anglo-Saxon style, possibly a shield boss mount and probably dating to the 5th to 7th centuries AD
Th…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: NMGW-F7125B
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant with the suspension mount, of late 13th or 14th century date
The pendant is near-complete and retains…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: PUBLIC-6EB9E6
Object type: MOUNT
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
Late Medieval copper alloy belt or strap mount probably of 15th or 16th century date
The mount is near-complete, missing one attachment rive…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618