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MOUNT
Unique ID: FAKL-90A2E3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Hollow, cast copper alloy mount dated to c. 1000-1100 and decorated in the Anglo-Scandinavian 'Urnes style'. The mount is in the form of an animal's head with a pointed nose and a broad forehead. The tip of the nose was decorated but corrosion now makes it difficult to see the details but it appears that the top of the nose was marked by a baluster moulding on either side of which was scroll motif. Between the nose and the main part of the head are two circular openings between which, and either side of which, are plain areas. Above this area are two, hemispherical eyes set within raised rings and well-defined eye-brows. A central bar runs down the forehead, this is marked by a transverse groove and flanked by to scrolls. On the end of the mount are two small, rounded, ears. The fitting arrangement consists of a small tongue extending from the animal's nose through which is a small rivet. The PAS database contains an number of similar mounds some of which are listed on record LIN-134BEA. Length 36.2mm, Width 20.8mm, Height 10.6mm, Section 3.1mm, Mass 13.65g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Scandinavian style
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.2 mm
Height: 10.6 mm
Width: 20.8 mm
Weight: 13.65 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: BIrm 610
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: East Staffordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Uttoxeter (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK0632
Four figure Latitude: 52.88542612
Four figure longitude: -1.9122779
1:25K map: SK0632
1:10K map: SK03SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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