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MOUNT
Unique ID: CORN-2AACC8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy umbonate harness mount or bridle boss. The mount is oval in plan with a moulded multifoil pattern with a central rectangular knop surrounded by eight circular knops to form of an eight-petalled flower, beyond which is another tier of four rectangular knops alternating with four circular knops. There is an oval of raised pellets at the base of the boss and then a border of sixteen circular knops with raised pellets within scrolls. Within this border, at either end of the boss, is a circular rivet hole that is 4 mm in diameter. These rivets, now missing, would have attached the boss to a leather strap.
Read (1988) illustrates examples of bridle bosses with a similar style of decoration on pages 180-1, nos.1224 &1230, which are dated from the 18th to the 19th century.
Bailey (1992) illustrates a similar example, with similar decortaion and two rivet holes within the border, on page 90, no.44, which is dated from the 18th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 61 mm
Height: 11 mm
Width: 43.4 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 37.46 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 28th February 2015 - Saturday 28th February 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Madron (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW4631
Four figure Latitude: 50.12459427
Four figure longitude: -5.55500287
1:25K map: SW4631
1:10K map: SW41NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, G. | 1995 | Detector Finds | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 90, | no.44 | |
| Read, B. | 1995 | History Beneath our Feet (1995) | Ipswich | Anglia Publishing | 180-1, | nos.1224 &1230 |
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