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MOUNT
Unique ID: SF-3219AA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy bar mount of Medieval date. It has an undecorated dome shaped plate with convex front and hollow/concave back face. At either end of the plate are short arms that are D-shaped in section with flat back and rounded front face, tapering slightly to hemispherical terminals with central circular rivet holes. The entire object measures 17.89mm in length, 8.78mm in width, 4.89mm in thickness, and 1.07g in weight. This is a copper-alloy bar mount of Medieval date. It finds close parallels in examples published from London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991: nos. 1160-1161) and is of c.14th century AD date.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.89 mm
Width: 8.78 mm
Thickness: 4.89 mm
Weight: 1.07 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st August 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Barking
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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