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MOUNT
Unique ID: OXON-BC2E06
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete but worn copper alloy mount of medieval date. The mount is bar-shaped in plan with pointed terminals displaying worn zoomorphic features possibly indended to be birds' heads with downward curved beaks and bulbous eyes. In the centre of the mount is a raised boss with a square aperture. The underside of the mount is hollow. This may be one of several fittings, no direct comparision could be easily identified, it could be a knife quillion or a strap/harness/furniture fitting. Suggested date AD 1100-1400.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.5 mm
Height: 6.1 mm
Width: 13.5 mm
Weight: 7.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 22nd July 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OXPAS2018.656
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Clifton Hampden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5695
Four figure Latitude: 51.65101199
Four figure longitude: -1.19196896
1:25K map: SU5695
1:10K map: SU59NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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