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MOUNT

Unique ID: SOMDOR-A4D288

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Copper alloy fragment of decorative mount or tracery. Remaining piece consists of a sub-circular terminal with a small pointed projection at one side and a rectangular bar. The front is decorated with three concentric circles on the terminal and lozenge recesses on the bar. The back is flat and undecorated.

Notes:

PAL2345

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 19.04 mm
Width: 9.09 mm
Thickness: 3.39 mm
Weight: 1.33 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2002

Personal details

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration method: Incised
Decoration style: Geometric
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
Parish or ward: Ilchester (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST5122
Four figure Latitude: 50.99529716
Four figure longitude: -2.69959471
1:25K map: ST5122
1:10K map: ST52SW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SOMDOR
Created: 20 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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