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MOUNT
Unique ID: WAW-CCED47
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Early Medieval (10th to 11th century) possible mount: The copper alloy mount is asymmetrical depicting a simplistic beast whose head is looking back over its body and is flat in profile. The head has a an open V-shape mouth with the lower jaw linking to the beasts neck. The head has a sub-pentagonal protrusion at the apex of the head, and has a low-relief, shallow circular cell which represents the eye. The neck is curved and expands in width towards the body. Where the jaw and neck meet there is a circular openwork. The body is a sub-oval with an integral, sub-oval spur protruding from either side of the body. The neck and body is decorated with four low-relief ring-and-dots. Where the body and neck meet there is a trace of thick silver plating, elsewhere there are traces of white metal alloy, presumably silver.
The reverse of the mount is flat, otherwise there is an integral, circular sectioned, short stud.
The surface of the mount has a well-developed, but incomplete, green-brown patina. It measures 36.64mm long, 22.54mm wide, 5.03mm thick at the stud and weighs 6.04g.
The certain identification of the artefact is uncertain, although the short stud suggests it may be a type of mount. The ring-and-dot motifs and overall design suggest it dates to the 10th to 11th centuries.
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 900
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.64 mm
Width: 22.54 mm
Thickness: 5.03 mm
Weight: 6.04 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 30th March 2017 - Thursday 29th June 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Uncertain
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Wychavon (District)
Parish or ward: Pershore (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO9446
Four figure Latitude: 52.11229059
Four figure longitude: -2.08903065
1:25K map: SO9446
1:10K map: SO94NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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