Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
MOUNT
Unique ID: LANCUM-456425
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Heavily constructed copper alloy lobed plate with two piercings through which domed rivets pass. Its date and function are yet to be determined with any confidence. At first glance it appears to be a fixing plate for a hinge. However this is unlikely, but not impossible, as both rivets appear complete and there doesn't seem to be a large enough gap for the plate to have been attached to anything wooden. It may have been originally mounted on a book, or been a form of strap end/weight, or some form of mount or fitting. Dates to anytime between c43 and c1900 AD.
The length is 60mm, width 22mm, plate thickness 4mm, total thickness 10mm, and the weight 28.36g.
While there is no parallel on the database, the following objects have one or more elements in common - SF5425 (buckle) and HAMP2265 (hinged two-part book/box clasp/mount).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 60 mm
Width: 22 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight: 28.36 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 4th March 2014
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Ribble Valley (District)
To be known as: Clitheroe
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
Similar objects
Find number: HAMP2265
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
Cast copper-alloy hinged two-part book/box clasp/mount. Rectangular loop on the reverse of one element; the other has two rivet holes. Surfac…
Workflow: Published
Find number: YORYMB1046
Object type: JETTON
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
brassy, doesn't appear to have been buried
Workflow: Published
Find number: SUR-F8E897
Object type: BLADE
Broadperiod: MESOLITHIC
A secondary blade or possibly a waste flake of brown flint, 37.3mm in length. There is a small patch of cortex at the distal end, which termi…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618