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MOUNT
Unique ID: IOW-2333A6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy mount (c. 1500-c. 1700 AD).
This mount, when complete, would have been an elongated lozenge-shape. At the front it is flat with bevelled edges and the rear face is slightly concave. At the rear there is an integral spike with its tip missing. It is circular in cross-section. The other spike is missing due to a break.
A patina has not survived and it partially covered with light green copper-alloy corrosion products. The breaks are old and there is no trace of any surface treatment.
27.84 x 14.45 x 5.91mm. Weight: 3.37g.
Similar mounts are recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. See finds: SF-1C1C64 and SF-321164.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.84 mm
Width: 14.45 mm
Thickness: 5.91 mm
Weight: 3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 11th April 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2012-1-247
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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