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MOUNT
Unique ID: LVPL-4E8015
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy fragment of a mount of Post-Medieval date. The object is of thin section and would originally have been flat. The object consists of a rectangular flattened central bar which divides at the top into two bi-lobed projections. Below is a curved transverse bar which sits above the fattened central bar. The object has a dark brown pitted surface.
A similar example recorded on the database can be found at BH-A7A451 and has been described as a mount dating from AD 1500-1600. Read illustrates a similar artefact, which he describes as a sword-belt mount of possible 16th century date (2001; pp. 43, no. 371) however this differs significantly at the base.
Dimensions: 23.24mm in length, 20.30mm in width, 4.49mm thick, 3.9g.
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 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.24 mm
Width: 20.3 mm
Thickness: 4.49 mm
Weight: 3.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st March 2015 - Friday 20th March 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
To be known as: Selby area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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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