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MOUNT
Unique ID: SWYOR-55F255
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy flat mount, cross and crosslets shape. The mount has a simple line decoration running along the inside edge of the cross. In the centre of the reverse there was probably a pin, possibly made of iron to attach the mount. The mount weighs 1.12g and measures 22.5mm in diameter.
Amy Downes, FLO, adds: A published reference for mounts of this design is the Army and Navy Stores Catalogue from 1907, where they are on page 197 described as "fancy nails".
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1910
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.12 g
Diameter: 22.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 1991
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Bassetlaw (District)
To be known as: Gringley on the hill
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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