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MOUNT
Unique ID: GAT-3C9D7E
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A diamond-shaped lead mount of probable Late Medieval to Post-Medieval date (c. 1500 – 1900).
The mount has a central circular preformation which would have been used to attach it to a larger object. There are traces of decoration on one face.
Similar objects have been recorded on the PAS database; see IOW-1D6452 and DENO-ED895E these examples are however copper alloy rather than lead.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39 mm
Width: 26 mm
Weight: 12 g
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