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MOUNT
Unique ID: CORN-DC6646
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete cast copper alloy shield-shaped heraldic mount with large integral central lug. The surface of the mount is corroded, pitted and then worn, so that any decoration is obliterated, but there are a couple of tiny fragments of red enamel following a line that may have originally been part of a chevron, as part of a heraldic device. The edges of the mount have been damaged so that they are ragged now, and the body of the mount has been bent and had pressure applied to it in several directions. The lug is also incomplete, missing its pointed terminal, and is circular in section.
Read (2001) illustrates an example of a shield-shaped mount with central lug, with the Royal Arms of England, and a smaller example with the arms of the Stapleton family, on page 32, Fig.17, Nos.255 & 257, which are dated from c.1300-1350.
Read (1988) illustrates a shield-shaped heraldic mount with the arms of the Courtenays of Devon on page 68, No.369, which dates from around 1335.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37 mm
Width: 29 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 8.76 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st September 2013 - Sunday 8th September 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: St. Breward (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX1077
Four figure Latitude: 50.56178826
Four figure longitude: -4.68400558
1:25K map: SX1077
1:10K map: SX17NW
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. | 1995 | History Beneath our Feet (1995) | Ipswich | Anglia Publishing | 68, | No.369 | |
| Read, B. | 2001 | Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 32, Fig.17, | Nos.255 & 257 |
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