BERK-9D8204: Post-Medieval mount (incomplete)

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MOUNT

Unique ID: BERK-9D8204

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete post-Medieval (possibly 18th century) lead-alloy mount of a visaged sun moulded design. The bottom half has broken off. No attachment is visible on the flat reverse.

Notes:

Oxfordshire & West Berkshire PAS Record Sheet No: B448

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5.1 mm
Weight: 12 g
Diameter: 27.8 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 15th September 2017

Rally details.

This object was found at Detectival 2017

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Figurative
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Leafield (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP3015
Four figure Latitude: 51.83281208
Four figure longitude: -1.56604031
1:25K map: SP3015
1:10K map: SP31NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Recording Institution: BERK
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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