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MOUNT
Unique ID: KENT-F8F28B
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval cast copper alloy mount of a horse. The horse is facing left standing on a 3.5mm wide strip, with incised parallel slightly sloping lines. The horse is full chested with short legs and full mane and tail. The left front leg is raised as if walking. It is roughly D shaped in cross section.
At the front of the chest may have been a flat loop (resiual protrusion). The back surface is flat and undecorated.
Length: 30.96mm, Height: 28.86mm, Thickness: 4.65mm, Weight: 12.12g
Notes:
Similar on PAS: LVPL-2D55A3
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.96 mm
Height: 28.86 mm
Thickness: 4.65 mm
Weight: 12.12 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Uncertain
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Thanet (District)
To be known as: Monkton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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