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MOUNT
Unique ID: LVPL-FC804C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval mount with integral, pointed lugs, probably from 17th century according to similar examples in Read's Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, Vol. 1 (2001, pg 28, illustration 308 particularly).
The object is cast, with a concave back from which extrude the two lugs, and convex front. The central part is ovoid with terminals at both ends, cut with crudely symmetrical arrangements of oblique grooves.
Notes:
This object is from the collection of the late Dr. Campbell, brought in for recording by the original finder with the permission of Mrs. Campbell.
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: 41 mm
Width: 22 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 12 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Barrow
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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