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MOUNT

Unique ID: DOR-810E22

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete copper alloy mount dating to c.1350 - 1400. The mount is a domed sexfoil . Each lobe is shaped on the outer edge and defined by incised line separating it from the adjacent lobes. At the centre is a central perforation through which a separate rivet would have attached the mount to a strap. The rivet is missing. The surface of the mount is decorated with six equally spaced radiating lines. The reverse is hollowed andretains traces of trimming to form the lobes
Reference: Egan, G & Pritchard F 1991 Dress Accessories Page 187 - 189, No. 952
Date: Medieval
Diameter: 14.29 mm x 3.75 mm x 0.61 mm
Weight: 0.61 g

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Height: 3.75 mm
Thickness: 0.61 mm
Weight: 0.61 g
Diameter: 14.29 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCMS 017663

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Bradford Peverell (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SY6393
Four figure Latitude: 50.73542644
Four figure longitude: -2.52566871
1:25K map: SY6393
1:10K map: SY63NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Other

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Read, B.	2016	Identifying Metal Artefacts Volume 1	Witham	Greenlight	pg.20	no.107

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Recording Institution: DOR
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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