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MOUNT
Unique ID: SF-1C3993
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete gilded copper alloy early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) mount. It is rectangular in shape with a break at one end. The outer face is decorated with chip-carved geometric decoration consisting of an outer border of two grooves with with a ring of angular s-shaped grooves in the centre. There is gilding on the outer face, which has worn away on the raised sections, and a small trace to one side of the reverse. A simple integral rivet extends from the reverse of the surviving complete end. Despite the break it survives in good condition.
Mounts with integral rivets typically appear to have been used on horse harnesses. Gilded copper alloy decorative mounts have been appear to have been attached to bridles and harnesses (Fern 2005, 56-7) and Fern (ibid. 61) suggests that examples found attached to fragments of wood in burials at Caenby and Sutton Hoo Mound 2, may also have formed part of saddles. A small number of similar examples have been recorded with the PAS from Suffolk and elsewhere including: SF-BFCD87, SF-01C966, BH-506F42.
Length: 19.87mm, width: 10.79mm, thickness: 5.30mm, weight: 1.41g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 550
Date to: Circa AD 650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.87 mm
Width: 10.79 mm
Thickness: 5.3 mm
Weight: 1.41 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 4th September 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: RLM 042
Other reference: Finder's ref: NH 14-22
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Near woodbridge
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fern, C. | 2005 | The archaeological evidence for equestrianism in early Anglo-Saxon England, c. 450-700 | Oxford | Archaeopress BAR |
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