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SHIELD
Unique ID: SWYOR-DEFA92
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of an Early Medieval mount from the apex disc on an Anglo-Saxon shield boss, dating from the 6th century. The fragment is a flat piece of copper alloy with one edge which looks to be almost complete and which is curved. The other edges are breaks and are patinated. The front face is decorated with Salin Style I. There is a double incised line border along the curved edge, then an inner border of ropework like design. The main field is filled with a clearly defined animal leg, several bands of triple stranded ornament and other elements which are less clear. Interrupting the border is part of a circular motif, perhaps a setting which is now empty. Kevin Leahy notes that he has seen a similar mount from Lincolnshire which had three settings round the edge. The decoration is in relief and is gilded. The reverse is plain and there is no evidence of attachment. The ungilded metal has a dark brown patina with small areas of green corrosion. The diameter of the mount would have been about 50mm. Compare NMS-F2E0E7 and BH-E649E3.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Exactly AD 500
Date to: Circa AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.22 mm
Width: 20.44 mm
Thickness: 2.21 mm
Weight: 4.49 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st September 2012 - Sunday 30th September 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2068
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
Parish or ward: Kellington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE5425
Four figure Latitude: 53.718626
Four figure longitude: -1.183198
1:25K map: SE5425
1:10K map: SE52NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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