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MOUNT
Unique ID: YORYM-B32587
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy mount of post-medieval date. The mount is comprised of a central domed lozenge panel within a ropework border and a rounded knop at its raised centre. Projecting knops are also present to either side of the mount and either end has a rounded pointed projections flanked by raised knops. One complete integral spike which is folded over survives projecting from one end of the reverse. The worn remains of a second spike are present at the opposite end.
The metal has a mid-brownish-green patina and is worn. The mount is 38mm long, 24.5mm wide, 9.8mm thick and weighs 5.5g.
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: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38 mm
Width: 24.5 mm
Thickness: 9.8 mm
Weight: 5.5 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Rudston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA1069
Four figure Latitude: 54.10513474
Four figure longitude: -0.31910691
1:25K map: TA1069
1:10K map: TA16NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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