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MOUNT
Unique ID: KENT-BEA1A2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Post-Medieval gilt copper alloy strap mount in the form of an acorn.
On the front, the seed is plain, but gilded, and has a small knop at its apex. The cupula is decorated with low relief cross hatching, and is also gilded. The gilding only survives in patches. At the base of the cupula is an extension which has clearly broken. In comparison to similar mounts, this probably represented the stalk of the acorn (See IOW-B16A81).
The undecorated reverse has the remains of two integral spikes at either end of the centre, one near the knop and the other near the stalk. The mount measures 42.27mm in length, and has a width of 23.43mm. The main plate has a thickness of 1.38mm and the remains of the spikes protude c.3-4mm. It weighs 6.46g.
This acorn mount was found within the same area as another very similar example,KENT-BEDBC1.
These acorn-type mounts have been dated by Read to the 17th century (Read 2001, p.29).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42.27 mm
Width: 23.43 mm
Thickness: 1.38 mm
Weight: 6.46 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Ashford (District)
Parish or ward: Little Chart (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ9445
Four figure Latitude: 51.17132849
Four figure longitude: 0.77373143
1:25K map: TQ9445
1:10K map: TQ94NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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