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MOUNT
Unique ID: SUR-4ABAEE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval (17th century) flat copper alloy mount in the form of a quatrefoil plate. Surface decoration has been lost. The rear of the object has a pair of pointed lugs which curve towards each other. As Read 2016 p39 number 278-279.
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.2 mm
Height: 6.8 mm
Width: 13.2 mm
Weight: 1.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 30th September 2017
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Watlington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU6993
Four figure Latitude: 51.63158966
Four figure longitude: -1.00448728
1:25K map: SU6993
1:10K map: SU69SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2016 | Identifying Metal Artefacts Volume 1 | Witham | Greenlight |
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