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MOUNT
Unique ID: NMS-415C92
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Part of a post-medieval copper alloy mount with remains of an iron rivet near a bifid terminal and very abraded in counter-relief. Probably part of a clasp similar to Read 008, nos. 758-62 or a sword belt fitting as ibid. nos. 790-5. Extant length 21mm. Width 14.3mm. Mid 16th - mid 17th century.
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21 mm
Width: 14.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 17th September 2019 - Monday 21st October 2019
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 35914
Other reference: NMD102019
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Longham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF9415
Four figure Latitude: 52.69790986
Four figure longitude: 0.86955937
1:25K map: TF9415
1:10K map: TF91NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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