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MOUNT
Unique ID: SOM-89F891
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval cast copper-alloy mount or stud. The plate is shaped into a six-petalled flower with six round petals surrounding a circular centre. The petals and centre and are shallowly raised. The back is flat apart from slight indents in the centre of each petal. From the centre of the back projects a square sectioned attachment spike. It tapers evenly towards the tip. The mount measures 13.5mm by 13.4mm, is 1.7mm thick excluding the spike, 8.1mm including it, and weighs 1.33 grams. It has corroded to a red-brown colour with some traces of light-green and off-white corrosion product.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.5 mm
Width: 13.4 mm
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 1.33 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st April 2013 - Tuesday 30th April 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 22463
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: West Somerset (District)
To be known as: Carhampton CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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