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MOUNT
Unique ID: NMGW-03AD81
Object type certainty: Certain
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Post medieval copper alloy hooked mount of 16th - 17th century date
The mount is near-complete (with an overall length of 38.6mm and a weight of 7.3g) but appears to have been of composite type with a ferrous back-plate now largely lost. The rearward-facing sub-circular hook (9mm diameter, 5.0mm internal) is open at the rear with only a very small opening. There is a transverse rib above the hook and before the convex oval body (giving the mount a maximum width of 12.1mm and thickness of 6.0mm). At the apex is a pointed oval terminal separated from the body with a weaker transverse rib. An iron attachment pin is secured through the terminal, which may have been integral to the plate. The mount appears to also have been secured by an integral copper alloy attachment rivet above the hook. The surface has a pale-green corrosion and no applied decoration is evident.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.6 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 7.3 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMWPA 2013.123.3
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Other
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Bridgend (Unitary Authority)
District: Bridgend (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Newcastle Higher (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SS8781
Four figure Latitude: 51.51658395
Four figure longitude: -3.6299286
1:25K map: SS8781
1:10K map: SS88SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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