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MOUNT
Unique ID: DEV-A8CB07
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy possible livery badge, strap mount or belt fitting of probable Later Medieval to Post-Medieval date, c. AD 1400-1800.
The object is formed in the shape of an arrowhead of possibly a variation on a cross. It has a long shank, which is broken at its terminal end, although the remains of a voided area survive in the form of a single slender stem which is incorporated into the shank itself, and would probably have been paralleled on the other side. The shank narrows slightly before broadening into wide horizontal barbs with rounded ends. From the end of the barbs the object tapers sharply to its angled point, which is now broken. On the reverse is an integral pyramidal rivet, but it is otherwise undecorated. There is a very small triangular fragment of gilding which survives on the outer surface.
It may be related to objects like NMS-ADC5CD, HESH-DFC0C4 and SOM-481011, although this item appears more slender and the point of the arrow is at a different angle so this is speculative.
Measurements: 18.1mm length, 13.3mm width, 1.9mm thick and weight 1.2g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.1 mm
Width: 13.3 mm
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 1.2 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC Receipt 018436
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: South Hams (District)
Parish or ward: Harberton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX7657
Four figure Latitude: 50.39975971
Four figure longitude: -3.74608554
1:25K map: SX7657
1:10K map: SX77SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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