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MOUNT
Unique ID: LEIC-EE22BB
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy belt mount, 22mm long and 9mm wide with a weight of 5.46 grams.
The object is rectangular in fom and semi-circular in cross section. It consist of two flat circular projections which have fixing prongs on their underside. These flank a hollow domed central portion which is decorated with a line of cross hatching.
Notes:
Recorded from photographs -photos and measurements provided by the finder
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22 mm
Width: 9 mm
Weight: 5.46 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Charnwood (District)
Parish or ward: Beeby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK6608
Four figure Latitude: 52.66570639
Four figure longitude: -1.0255188
1:25K map: SK6608
1:10K map: SK60NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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