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MOUNT
Unique ID: PUBLIC-B88290
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete Medieval cast copper alloy bar mount, c.14th century. The mount is flat with terminal lobes at either end and a larger convex central lobe, which is hemispherical in cross-section. The central lobe is decorated with three incised horizontal lines. There are the remnants of both copper alloy rivets still in situ.
Several examples similar to this bar mount are illustrated in Egan (1991, 214, 1161) and are dated through ceramic association to 1350 to 1400 AD. Cf. also Read 2001, p23, esp. No 155.
The mount measures 13.14 mm long, 7.31 mm wide (at centre), 3.59 mm thick and weighs 0.7 g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.14 mm
Width: 7.31 mm
Thickness: 3.59 mm
Weight: 0.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 20th July 2014
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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: Rother (District)
To be known as: Udimore
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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