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MOUNT
Unique ID: BUC-917384
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval cast copper alloy mount with single integral rivet. The mount is generally lozenge shaped in outline. The front is slightly convex and moulded into the shape of multiple pellets arranged roughly in rows; the outer edge is shaped to the line of pellets. The back is slightly concave in the centre. The single attachment spike is straight, oval in section and tapers to the rounded end.
Read (2001) illustrates a similar example (p.32, no.253) which he dates to c. AD 1350-1400.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.14 mm
Width: 14.33 mm
Thickness: 2.41 mm
Weight: 3.38 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 30th April 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
To be known as: Quarrendon
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2001 | Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom | Langport | Portcullis Publishing |
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