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MOUNT
Unique ID: PUBLIC-C3B906
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval copper alloy mount with Zoomorphic gilding.
The mount is rectangular with a beast (perhaps a wolf or dog) facing left and four vertical lines across the centre of the body. Some of the gilding around the edges has been removed. There is a small bulge in the centre of the reverse.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.98 mm
Width: 15.88 mm
Thickness: 1.54 mm
Weight: 3.47 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Ashby with Scremby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF4467
Four figure Latitude: 53.18061908
Four figure longitude: 0.15334443
1:25K map: TF4467
1:10K map: TF46NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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