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MOUNT
Unique ID: SOM-D924B6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval cast copper-alloy mount with one integral rivet spike on the back. The mount is an openwork sub lozenge in shape but slightly longer than wider, the ends terminating in trefoils formed of pellets in low relief. At the centre are bars forming a cross in saltire with possible small central pellet; the holes are broadly lozengiform. The back is flat except for the single, square stub in the centre, the remains of the truncated spike. The mount measures 18.3mm by 15.7mm, it is 1.7mm in thickness excluding stud, 2.7mm including; it weighs 0.82grams. It has corroded to a red-brown colour with some patches of 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: 18.3 mm
Width: 15.7 mm
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 0.82 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: Incomplete
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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