Record ID: DOR-558082
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper alloy mount. It is thickly cast ith moulded decoration on the front and a flat, undecorated back. The decoration comprises a central flower with a stem running down to a tied bow. Above are two cherubs' heads with a hole between them and a wing at each outer edge. Around the edges at the base and sides are curvilinear elements. At the back are two integral rivets. One is incomplete and extends from between the backs of the cherubs' heads (above the hole) and appears to have been bent downwards. The other is complete and extends fron directly behind the flower and is bent…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pamphill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-07A787
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy hooked mount. The mount comprises an oval plate with an integral hook at one end. The plate is undecorated, convex at the front and concave at the back. There are two attachment holes set on the longitudinal axis, both of which contain the corroded remnants of iron rivets or pins. Above the hook is a transverse raised bar. The hook is D-sectioned and tapers as it curves towards the back of the plate. It curves upwards and terminates at the level of the transverse bar. A similar mount is published in Read, B, 2001, "Metal Aterfacts of Antiquity", p.39 and fig.25, n…
Created on: Tuesday 6th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-2E6750
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy disc with relief heraldic decoration comprising a raised shield with three lions passant guardant on a field of red enamel, the arms of England. Around the shield the surface of the mount is stippled and gilded. Around the raised shield are moulded decorations comprising a fleur de lys above the shield and curving foliate lines at the sides. The back is flat and undecorated. There is no visible means of attachment for this mount, so its function remans unclear. Date: Medieval - Probably 14th century Dimensions: 25.72 mm x 25.51 mm x 3.00 mm Weight: 7.24 g
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Folke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-186D65
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy mount or boss, sub-circular with circular domed centre, hollow back with iron corrosion, of possible Post Medieval date.
Created on: Monday 19th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corfe Castle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-2E1716
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gilt-copper-alloy mount of uncertain date. The mount is of flat section and broadly pelta-shaped in plan, having a shallower indentation on one side than on the other.The central projection has a squared-off end. Perimeter grooves exist on both sides of the piece; however, these grooves only extend along two of the three edges. There is an in situ copper-alloy rivet with domed head, located at the centre of the piece. The curvature of the mount suggests it once fitted to a rounded object, such as a helmet. The side with the deeper curvature has a transverse crack.
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2010
Last updated: Monday 9th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-4A7B16
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy late medieval to post-medieval mount. The mount is hexafoil and floral in design, with six 'petals' arranged around a central circle. The central circle has a series of tiny rings arranged around it whilst each petal is surrounded by a single ring. The remains of an attachment shank for a stud can be seen on the reverse although this is now broken. The mount has been silvered. It measures 17.89 mm across, 4.08 mm thick and weighs 4 grams. It has a dark grey patina with green in places.
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2012
No spatial data available.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D36D26
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy bar mount from the Medieval period. The bar mount is rectangular in plan, with a convex front and concave back.There is a circular perforation at the centre and two smaller rivet holes, one above and the other below. The object has an olive green patina with some soil impaction adhering. Dimensions are: Length 16 mm. Width 5.5 mm. Thickness 1.9 mm. Weight 0.666 grams.
Created on: Saturday 18th December 2010
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-0B0455
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy mount (c. 1600-c. 1800). The main part of the mount is roughly oval in plan and is composed of a frame, grooved on its upper face. At the centre of the frame there is a heavily worn and corroded anthropomorphic mask surrounded by moulded pellets. Each side of the mask, a fleur-de-lis joins the mask to the frame and forms openwork above and below it. At the top there is a small rounded knop and at the bottom there is a semi-circular feature. This feature has a central raised sub-circular area with radiating grooves and lines below. It probably…
Created on: Monday 28th March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 14th April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fifehead Magdalen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-0B1977
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy mount (c. 1600-c. 1800). The main part of the mount is roughly oval in plan and is composed of a frame, grooved on its upper face. At the centre of the frame there is a heavily worn and corroded anthropomorphic mask surrounded by moulded pellets. Each side of the mask, a fleur-de-lis joins the mask to the frame and forms openwork above and below it. At the top there is a small rounded knop and at the bottom there is a semi-circular feature. This feature has a central raised sub-circular area with radiating grooves and lines below. It probably…
Created on: Monday 28th March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 14th April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fifehead Magdalen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-0B51F2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy mount (c. 1600-c. 1800). The main part of the mount is roughly oval in plan and is composed of a frame, grooved on its upper face. At the centre of the frame there is a heavily worn and corroded anthropomorphic mask surrounded by moulded pellets. Each side of the mask, a fleur-de-lis joins the mask to the frame and forms openwork above and below it. At the top there is a small rounded knop and at the bottom there is a semi-circular feature. This feature has a central raised sub-circular area with radiating grooves and lines below. It probably…
Created on: Monday 28th March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 14th April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fifehead Magdalen', 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
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-914748
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A incomplete rectangular copper-alloy mount or strap plate, dating from the Medieval period. The right-hand half of the plate survives intact, with only a small portion of the left side remaining. An openwork lozenge occupies the central area of the intact side, surrounded by a groove of the same shape. Two pairs of moulded pellets flank the lozenge's right- and left-hand points, respectively, there is an in situ copper-alloy rivet at the top right-hand corner of the plate and an empty rivet hole at the bottom right. A column of three pellets divides the intact side of the plate fr…
Created on: Friday 4th June 2010
Last updated: Friday 15th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-7922A5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy hooked mount, probably dating from the Medieval period. The head comprises a sub-oval plate, vertically aligned and heavily gilded, with an integral rivet projecting backwards from its underside. The base of this head tapers into a parallel-sided, flat-sectioned strip. The bottom end of this strip is bent upwards to form the hook, which terminates in a forward-facing zoomorphic head with moulded ears and incuse pellet eyes. Dimensions are: Length 21.5mm, Width 3 mm, Thickness 1.8 mm Weight 1.560 grams.
Created on: Sunday 27th June 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-3DBB72
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy openwork mount of post-medieval date (c. 17th century). The object is broadly hexagonal in form with incurved sides and knopped protrusions at the apexes. There is a central perforation flanked at the cardinal points by shallowly moulded semicircles. Around this are twelve equally spaced holes that follow the sides. Some of these have not been finished in their filing. Basic diverging mouldings flank these holes, widening and they approach the sides. There is a further small transverse moulding before each knop. On the flat reverse surface are two pointed lugs at t…
Created on: Thursday 12th August 2010
Last updated: Friday 13th August 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-AE5745
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post-Medieval (1500-1700) cast copper-alloy mount. It is symmetrical, each end consisting of a fleur-de-lis. It has two integral prongs, pointed and bent. The mount is complete and in good condition. The mount is 22 mm long and 14 mm wide, and weighs 2.7 g.
Created on: Monday 11th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whedan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-6E73F1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy mount in the form of the bust of a man. The detail and pose are quite naturalistic and well executed. The hair is short cropped and swept forward into a short fringe. The ears are large and project outside the hair. The eyes are oval with clearly delineated lower lids and brow line. The nose is triangular and is slightly squashed (this is probably the result of damage to the mould the object was cast in). The mouth is narrow, but both lips are visible. The chin projects slightly and is rounded. The head is slightly turned to the right. At the base of the neck is a small…
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2011
Last updated: Monday 19th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Rushton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-265B36
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy bar-mount with a central circular lobe cast integrally to two circular knops - one at the top and one at the bottom of the mount. The central mount is domed, it has been decorated with incised horizontal lines. Two separate rivets survive in situ, one in each of the terminal lobes. One of the rivets still holds in place a plate of broken copper alloy. The metal surface of the object is mid brownish-green in colour and slightly worn. The mount probably dates to the 12th - 15th century. Two of these bar mounts would have hung down from a waist strap and would have …
Created on: Tuesday 3rd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mosterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-34C614
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy sword belt mount. One hooked fitting and a fragment of suspension loop from a triple-looped bar mount. The hooked fitting has a narrowed hook with a globular knopped terminal. The plate is foliate in outline, with incised foiliate decoration on the surface. It has two iron rivet attachments, one below the hook and one above the central lobe of the tri-lobed end. The back is flat and undecorated. It is similar to a complete example in Read,B, (2001) Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, p 39 &43, Fig. 26, No. 373, Date: Post-medieval-16th C Dimensions: 37.87 mm x 21.…
Created on: Monday 16th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Dorchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-FF80C3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy sheet mount, lozenge shaped. A flat mount with two circular attachment holes possibly for separate rivets. Decorated with an engraved saltire cross within a lozenge. A similar lozenge shaped mount with saltire cross decoration from North-West Dorset has been dated to c.1270-1350. Date: Medieval circa 1270-1350 Reference: (Read 2001 p18 nos 122-127). Weight 2.25g. Dimensions: 24.73x21.98x1.47mm.
Created on: Tuesday 4th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 4th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Frampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-FFF692
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy hooked mount with separate pendent fitting, possibly to suspend a sword from a baldrick. Circular mount with two assymetrical projections. It has a single rivet hole and two projecting transverse knops at the base of the circular mount. Loop suspended from the hook possibly for a strap from which a sword was suspended, similar to an example identified by Read from South Devon, dated to 17th century. Date: Post-Medieval circa 17th century Reference: (Read 2001 p30 no.362-3). Weight: 3.38g. Dimensions 36.28x12.65x1.53mm loop diame…
Created on: Tuesday 4th May 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 11th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Frampton', grid reference and parish protected.