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MOUNT
Unique ID: IOW-973F33
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An almost complete post-Medieval copper-alloy mount (c. 1600-c. 1700).
This mount is flat at the front, largely flat at the rear and the edges at the front are bevelled. It is broadly sub-triangular in plan, pointed at one end, straight at the opposite end and the sides are concave. Two tapering spikes at the rear are circular in cross-section and the point of one is missing due to a break.
This mount is silvery green and has a white metal coating at the front.
Length: 18.8mm; width: 9.6mm; thickness: 2.0mm; thickness including spikes: 5.4mm. Weight: 1.77g.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.8 mm
Width: 9.6 mm
Thickness: 5.4 mm
Weight: 1.77 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 30th November 2016 - Wednesday 30th November 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2016-7-315
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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