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MOUNT
Unique ID: KENT-8D6AEE
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A near complete cast copper-alloy bar mount of the Medieval period, c.1350-1450.
The mount has a central circular hollow backed body with two terminal lobes. The central body is decorated with 4 poorly executed parallel incised lines. Each of the two terminal lobes has the remains of a rivet set within a central hole. It is a dark grey brown with some green patination.
The length is 18.28mm, width is 9.75mm, thickness is 4.44mm, and the weight is 1.54 grams
Relatively common find on the PAS database and similar in design to those illustrated by Brian Read (2001, 23, nos.151) and Egan & Pritchard (1991, 214, fig.134, nos. 1160 ,1161) which are dated 1350-1450.
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 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.28 mm
Width: 9.75 mm
Thickness: 4.44 mm
Weight: 1.54 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Folkestone and Hythe (District)
Parish or ward: Postling (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR1539
Four figure Latitude: 51.10995183
Four figure longitude: 1.07011147
1:25K map: TR1539
1:10K map: TR13NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the 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 | |||
| Read, B. | 2001 | Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom | Langport | Portcullis Publishing |
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