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MOUNT
Unique ID: SF-743ED2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy mount of Medieval date. It is a quatrefoil mount with a hollow back. It comprises a central domed circle which is surrounded by four equal sized circular lobes. There is a central circular hole for a serperately cast rivet which is missing. There is no decoration. It measures 14.99mm in length, 14.94mm in width, 3.46mm in height and weighs 0.61g.
It is similar to examples publised from London (Egan and Prtichard, 1991, no 943).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.99 mm
Width: 14.94 mm
Thickness: 3.46 mm
Weight: 0.61 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 19th December 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
Parish or ward: Barham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM1350
Four figure Latitude: 52.107294
Four figure longitude: 1.108979
1:25K map: TM1350
1:10K map: TM15SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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