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MOUNT
Unique ID: SOM-E2D023
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval cast copper-alloy mount with single integral rivet on the reverse. The mount is generally lozenge shaped in outline with large oval knop terminals extending from two of the opposite corners. The front has raised decoration and the back is flat. The decoration consists of four pellets at the four points, with two pellets between each point. There is a single oval pellet in the center. The back is flat with an off set square sectioned integral rivet near the center. Only a stub of the rivet survives, the rest is lost to a worn break. The mount is very worn and is now a brown colour. The mount is 26.3mm long, 15.3mm wide, 2.1mm thick excluding the rivet, 5.8mm including and weighs 2.16 g.
Broadly similar mounts are with different raised decoration are illustrated by Read (2001:32), no.252-3 which he dates to the 15th-early 16th century although it is perhaps more similar to 16th-17th century mounts with integral rivets. SOM-DA1446 on this database is similar.
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: Exactly AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.3 mm
Width: 15.3 mm
Thickness: 2.1 mm
Weight: 2.16 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st October 2014 - Friday 31st October 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 16613
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: West Somerset (District)
To be known as: Carhampton CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2001 | Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom | Langport | Portcullis Publishing |
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