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MOUNT
Unique ID: DUR-0081E3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy mount of Medieval to Post Medieval date. The mount consists of a fan shaped panel attached at the bottom to a rectangular shaped panel with a thin rectangular strip in between. The bottom of the rectangular panel has been broken. Attached to the reverse is a rectangular suspension loop that was probably used to attach the object to whatever it was mounted to. The metal is green in colour and is well preserved apart from the break. It weighs 8.4g in total and measures 37.1mm in length and 20.01mm in widrh.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.1 mm
Width: 20.01 mm
Weight: 8.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st June 2011 - Thursday 12th January 2012
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
District: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Hutton Magna (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ1111
Four figure Latitude: 54.49422
Four figure longitude: -1.83169
1:25K map: NZ1111
1:10K map: NZ11SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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