Record ID: DOR-C585B8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy openwork mount. An openwork plate with four expanded, pierced lugs for attachment. The plate is arched at the top and narrowed towards the base. It has moulded decoration of two stylised flanking birds. The birds are facing inwards, each with its pointed beak angled downwards and flanked by apertures. Each has a recessed eye. a groove to delineate head and body, a leg angled forward to below the point of the beak, and a long, flared tail. At the centre of the plate, where the beaks and legs conjoin, is a small, deeply moulded, mask-like decoration com…
Created on: Friday 17th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 15th August 2022
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Record ID: DOR-C24FA2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an unidentified object, possibly a mount or brooch. The fragment is of copper alloy with chip-carved and gilded curvilinear decoration on one face, The other face is flat and undecorated. The object appears to be broken around all of the edge and the original shape cannot be determined. The decoration is of multiple curving lines which split and interlace, possibly representing open-mouthed serpents. Date: Early to Middle Early Medieval - c. 500 - 800 Dimensions: 20.99 mm x 17.99 mm x 2.26 mm Weight: 2.05 g
Created on: Friday 1st May 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 30th June 2021
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Record ID: DOR-C0ABB4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary gold artefact of unknown function. The artefact is a rectangular strip of gold sheet with a framing ridge along each long side and the surviving short end. The opposite end and part of one side are broken and the ridge is torn from the central strip on the opposite edge. At the surviving short edge there are two small, circular attachment holes flanking a larger circular hole. The back is plain and the front is decorated with a running design of interlacing knots. Dimensions: Length: 23.23 mm Width: 7.52 mm Thickness: 0.77 mm Weight: 1.34 g …
Created on: Wednesday 14th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 14th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-C9F546
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small copper alloy mount. It is long and narrow with a flat rear and irregular D-shaped cross section. It has two opposing zoomorphic animal heads, pointing away from one another and each slightly hollowed at the rear of the object.. One head forms the terminal of the object and is raised in profile with a pointed snout, indentations for the eyes, a raised brow ridge and rounded ears. The head at the opposite end has its mouth open and from it projects a squared loop with a central circular projection. There is a transverse collar between thehead and the loop. This head faces in the…
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 11th October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wynford Eagle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-FCD100
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A small lozengiform silver mount with zoomorphic interlace decoration. The decoration is asymmetrical and comprises two overlapping dog-like beasts, in profile, with their heads at the midpoint of the long axis, facing in different directions. The beasts have spotted hides. The heads, necks and upper forelimbs are well-defined on each, but then the bodies taper to a narrow band before expanding into their more stylised hindquarters at either end of the lozenge. The limbs also taper into narrow bands, which form a complex interlace pattern. The beasts differ from each other in terms of…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sturminster Marshall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-398C30
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an openwork mount. Decorated in the Urnes style. The decoration comproses a beast's head terminal with an open mouth and pellet eyes (no ears), a serpentine body and interlacing tendrils. There are several circular openwork apertures. The back is flat. The break crosses four openwork apertures. David Williams (pers.com) has commented that this is coarser in its execution than examples of similar mounts from East Anglia. Date: Early-Medieval Dimensions: 37.79 mm x 20.90 mm x 6.17 mm Weight: 9.96 g
Created on: Wednesday 19th May 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 19th May 2010
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Record ID: SOMDOR-216202
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount or possible pin head. Circular with a central circular hole and silver inlay decoration. The mount is domed around the central hole, making it correspondingly hollow at the back. The decoration is in three main sections, comprising two panels of chip-carved interlace, separated by a narrow (apparently undecortated) panel radiating from the centre to the edge, and a third area containing triple strand decoration,probably a beast. There is an undecorated framing band around the outer edge. The decoration continues over the domed area until a raised, plaine ring which f…
Created on: Monday 10th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR-ED0DC0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy mount with Urnes style decoration. The mount is sub-rectangular (rounded ends) and convex at the front. The back is concave. The decoration is a complex openwork interlace design in Urnes style, of a sinuous beast intertwined with finer vines and fronds inside a thin framing band. The means of attachment for this mount is unclear, but is is likely that some of the openwork holes once containe rivets, There is a break in one hole in the middle of one long side and bending at the edge of the frame in a hole directly opposite on the other long side suggesting that these…
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Record ID: SOMDOR1531
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable book or casket mount. An incomplete openwork rectangular plate with zoomorphic design. On three sides is a framing band with a rounded lobe halfway along the longest side. This has an attachment hole containing the remains of an iron fixing. Inside the frame is an openwork design of two beasts with three-clawed feet and long tails. They are arranged in reflection of each other, each one raising a front paw and with its tail raised over its back. They both have a projection from their backs joining their tails, possibly representing wings? However, one has its head facing forw…
Created on: Friday 12th April 2002
Last updated: Thursday 27th August 2020
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Record ID: SOMDOR1026
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy and enamel disc cut down from a larger object. Sub-circular disc with fields of champlevé enamel in opaque yellow. It has six discrete elements which form a knot style design against a paler, pinkish enamel background (this may have originally been red). There is a small attachment hole near the edge. The back is flat and undecorated. Susan Youngs reports that: "Enamelling requires an edge to the field when the piece is fired: this disc has been cut down in antiquity and possibly pierced for suspension or by a rivet for fixed attachment. The use of angular fields and c…
Created on: Monday 9th July 2001
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'DORSET WINTERBORNE ZELSTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR428
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A late early-medieval to medieval zoomorphic cruciform mount (c. 11th century). Cruciform/quatrefoil shape. Each of the four lugs is pierced for attachment using rivets. Central irregular octagonal boss with moulded zoomorphic or possibly human head decoration. Boss is concave at back. There are many other examples of similar cruciform domed mounts on the PAS database, such as HAMP3572, HAMP-5F6592, WAW-4B1B36, BH-922C44, NMS-5B7B13 (gilded), SF-9E9C95 (enamelled), IOW-C745C2 (relief-decorated), SUSS-D0A326 (gilded).
Created on: Friday 7th April 2000
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Waddon', grid reference and parish protected.