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MOUNT
Unique ID: YORYM-B759A6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy mount of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 1000 - 1100. Only a small portion of the object survives consisting of the openwork plate, displaying five circular perforations and four projecting arms with worn breaks at the ends.
The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The mount is 34.1mm long, 33mm wide, 4.4mm thick and weighs 9.1g.
A similar object has been recorded on the PAS database as IOW-A556B1 in which it states that Dr Kevin Leahy, National Finds Adviser, comments: This is an interesting and useful find. The hooked tendrils are clearly related to those that we see on Ringerike style metalwork but this thing, with its central stylised knot interlace, is clearly a long way from the Viking original. I don't know of any direct parallels for it but I have seen other openwork mounts in the Urnes style which are likely to be near contemporary.
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 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.1 mm
Width: 33 mm
Thickness: 4.4 mm
Weight: 9.1 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E04970
Materials and construction
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: Burstwick (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA2129
Four figure Latitude: 53.74334351
Four figure longitude: -0.16677433
1:25K map: TA2129
1:10K map: TA22NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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