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MOUNT
Unique ID: WAW-B7A631
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy mount, possibly from a horse harness decoration, dating to the late Post Medieval period, circa AD1600-1700. A stub of an integrally cast spike is present on the reverse at both ends of the mount - 2 spikes in total. The position of the stubs at the extreme ends of the mount suggests that the object may have been a belt or strap slide. In plan, the mount has a lozenge-shaped body with rounded protrusions at two opposing ends. The face of the mount is concave and the reverse is convex. Cast, moulded decoration is present on the face of the mount. The design on the centre of the mount is uncertain, but a raised traverse line joining the corners of the lozenge is present. Another, angled raised line intersects the traverse line. Both of the rounded terminals have a raised traverse band with a groove to either side at the widest part of the protrusion. The design is uncertain, but grooved lines appear to radiate from the knopped terminal of the mount towards the traverse band. The reverse of the mount is undecorated. The surviving stubbs of the attachments have a lentoid cross section. The mount has an even mid brown colour. The surfaces are worn due to movement in the plough soil and the breaks are not new.
Length: 37.24mm. Width: 20.70mm. Thickness: 6.76mm. Weight: 6.40g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.24 mm
Width: 20.7 mm
Thickness: 6.76 mm
Weight: 6.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013 - Sunday 16th June 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Bromsgrove (District)
Parish or ward: Hagley (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO9382
Four figure Latitude: 52.43592792
Four figure longitude: -2.10439278
1:25K map: SO9382
1:10K map: SO98SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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