Record ID: DOR-B8D124
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Medieval mount, probably intended as a box- mount. It is made from a thin sheet of metal and has a cut-out design. Along one edge are two small apertures against a cross-hatched background. These were probably used to attach the mount to the object which it decorated. The register below this consists of three cut-out rectangles, each surmounted by a small hole. Beneath the rectangles is another area of cross-hatched ornament, and the remains of a trefoil cut-out. This may have formed an architectural niche. At this point the mount is broken. The mount fragment is sil…
Created on: Tuesday 7th April 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 27th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Stour', grid reference and parish protected.