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MOUNT
Unique ID: PUBLIC-B47003
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn cast copper alloy mount of Post Medieval date. The mount is of shallow convex cinquefoil form with lobes that are separated by grooves that radiate from a central punch. A pair of integral pointed lugs curve inwards on the lower surface. They begin towards the outer edge of two of the lobes. Between the lugs the lower surface is slightly recessed. The object has corroded to a mid green colour with patches of the base metal exposed.
Notes:
This method of attachment using integral lugs is characteristic of the 16th or 17th centuries; for a similar mount see ref. HAMP-D87900 on this database.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.67 mm
Height: 6.56 mm
Width: 13.4 mm
Weight: 1.77 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 21st April 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PastfindersI
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Near Lewes
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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