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MOUNT
Unique ID: SOM-EF83E7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Post Medieval mount dating to the period c AD1600 -1700. The mount has a broadly triangular central section with rounded corners, small projections at the centre of the angled sides and an openwork trefoil at the centre. There are projecting pointed knops, one from each end, the one at the point of the triangle comes to a point at the end while the other is rounded. The mount has two integral pointed attachment spikes on the flat back, both of which are broken. The mount is 24.6mm long, 12.3mm wide and 1.8mm thick, excluding the spikes, 4.8mm including, it weighs 1.22g.
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.6 mm
Width: 12.3 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 1.22 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 17th April 2016 - Sunday 17th April 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 017427
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Shepton Beauchamp CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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