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MOUNT
Unique ID: SOM-862D1C
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A square, pyramidal copper-alloy mount or stud probably dating from the latter half of the Medieval period The mount has a single, separate rivet, and remains of gilding. The pyramid has four sides and runs down to the rounded edge with no rim. The central rivet has broken unevenly at the point where it starts to spread into a rove / foot. The outside of the pyramid has a mid-green patina where not gilded, while the underside is brown.
Dimensions: 12.5mm square, 9.0mm from the apex of the pyramid to the end of the rivet, c4.5mm from the apex of the pyramid to its base.
Egan and Prichard (1991: 162) state that such mounts first appear in the early 13th century and proliferate in the 14th and early 15th century, giving examples of similar mounts (though more decorated) (ibid: 198-99, nos.1066, 1068 & 1076). However, the simplicity of the form and lack of decoration suggests that dates beyond this range should not be discounted, thus 1200-1500 is proposed.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 12.5 mm
Width: 12.5 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight: 1.96 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 017633
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Urchfont (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU0456
Four figure Latitude: 51.3031082
Four figure longitude: -1.94400723
1:25K map: SU0456
1:10K map: SU05NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. | 1991 | Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991) | London | Stationery Office Books | 198-99 | 1066, 1068, 1076 |
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