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MOUNT
Unique ID: KENT-03C855
Object type certainty: Certain
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Sheet metal copper-alloy reactangular mount with decorative black letter, dating ot he period c.AD 1350-1450.
Description: The mount is rectangular with incised and stamped decoration with one corner cut at an angle. There is a rivet hole at each end of the mount. The incised lines create the outline of a black letter P. A small triangular tool or chisel was used to creating a zig-zag affect with in the uprights creating the P. The mount is lightly worn and warped. It is patinated dark green.
Measurements: 27.79mm long, 11.42mm wide, 0.86mm thick and 0.94g in weight.
Discussion: An almost identical mount, also with Black Letter and a corner cut out is illustrated by Egan and Pritchard (1991, 122-123).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.79 mm
Width: 11.42 mm
Thickness: 0.86 mm
Weight: 0.94 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Hand made
Decoration style: Other
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Folkestone and Hythe (District)
Parish or ward: Lyminge (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR1640
Four figure Latitude: 51.11855516
Four figure longitude: 1.08497369
1:25K map: TR1640
1:10K map: TR14SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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