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MOUNT
Unique ID: WILT-FEBFE8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper alloy bar mount with two rivet holes, dating to the period AD c.1350- c.1400.
The mount is composed of three hemispheres, one large centrally, and two small ones either side. The posterior surface of the central hemisphere is hollow, and the two smaller ones has the shanks of the rivets protruding through. The central shape is decorated with a series of 5 horizontal lines and one vertical, which appear to be made out of dots.
The length of the mount is 16.27, the thickness is 3.60, the diameter of the central hemisphere is 8.96 and the weight is 1.16g.
Please see Read (2001) "Metal Artefacts of Antiquity. A Catalogue of Small Finds from Specific Areas of the United Kingdom". Page 23, figure 12, Nos. 149, 150 and 151 for similar. Please also see WILT-A35892, WILT-FEA026 and WILT-88E107 on the PAS for other examples.
Class: bar
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.27 mm
Thickness: 3.6 mm
Weight: 1.16 g
Diameter: 8.69 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 5069
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Broad Chalke (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU0324
Four figure Latitude: 51.01537053
Four figure longitude: -1.95860828
1:25K map: SU0324
1:10K map: SU02SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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