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MOUNT
Unique ID: SF-5C8E69
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy mount of Medieval date. It has a dome-shaped sub-circular plate and is of seemingly zoomorphic form. The front face has incised, cross-hatched decoration covering the upper half, presumably representative of hair. This terminates with short transverse notches and slightly projecting triangular ears at each side of the plate. Beneath the ears are two large circular eyes followed by a projecting rectangular snout with transverse groove at its base suggestive of an open mouth. At the centre of the mount is a single rivet hole holding in place a separately cast copper-alloy cylindrical rivet with flattened heads. The concave back face is undecorated. The entire object measures 14.87mm in length, 12.67mm in width, 4.57mm in thickness and 2.47g in weight.
This is a decorative mount of probable zoomorphic form. Similar examples have been recorded through the PAS and variously interpreted as stylised dogs, bears or hedgehogs (e.g. LEIC-8C29A7, WILT-40B002, SWYOR-E98154, BH-3B5EC2 or BH-F28767), as well as from Meols (Griffiths et al. 2007: 119). It is of Medieval date, c.14th-15th centuries AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.87 mm
Width: 12.67 mm
Thickness: 4.57 mm
Weight: 2.47 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Westley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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