Record ID: SWYOR-A209FD
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy bar mount of Medieval date, from around AD 1150 - 1450.   The mount comprises of a surviving arm with the remainder of the mount lost.  The arm is sub rectangular in plan and D shaped in cross section with a flat underside.   The terminal end of the arm has a raised semi circular collar below a rounded sub-circular terminal knop. The terminal has a central hole filled with the remains of a copper alloy rivet and light brown concretion.  Opposite the terminal is an irregular jagged break.  The arm is undecora…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-A20948
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper alloy bar mount, dating from AD 1350 -1400. The copper alloy mount has an oval-shaped plan with an integral sub-oval knop at either end. Each knop has a rivet hole. One of the knops is broken across the hole. The central lobe and the knops are convex with a hollow reverse. The mount is decorated with four parallel, transverse grooves on the body. Measurements; length 17.0mm, width 2.5mm, thickness 9.4mm, weight 1.1g Similar mounts are illustrated in Egan and Pritchard, 1991, Dress Accessories, 1150 - 1450, fig 134 page 214, a…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-8E7972
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-medieval copper alloy strap mount dating from AD 1500 - 1700. It is sub-triangular, moulded into a possible lotus design with a flat back and convex front. There are two integral pointed mounting spikes on the reverse, both bent over to grip the leather. It is 16.8mm long, 14.7mm wide and 5.7mm thick. 1.8g. Compare fig 5 in Maslin (2021) Finds Research Group datasheet 55 where a similarly shaped mount is described as a lotus used as a heraldic motif.
Created on: Sunday 11th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: NLM-643EB6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount. Cast rectangular plate with a rounded and engrailed end with a rivet of diameter 2mm and length 2.8mm projecting from it. Suggested date: Medieval, 1250-1400 Length: 25.6mm, Width: 15.4mm, Thickness: 1.2mm, Weight: 2.84gms
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-63939B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount. Cast teardrop-shaped lightly concavo-convex plate with an elongated knop at its narrow end, retaining one of two integrally cast prongs of length 7mm on the back, bent outwards. Gilding traces appear on the outer convex surface. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650 Length: 35.2mm, Width: 14.2mm, Thickness: 2mm, Weight: 3.64gms
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-52F8E8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn male bust dating to the Roman period (c.AD 43-410), possibly dating to the mid-late second century AD. The object is convex on the decorated side and concave on the reverse. It is in the form of a stylised male bust with an oval head, widening at the shoulders and terminating with a rounded edge. The head is rendered with worn detailed modelling of hair and facial features. The head has continuous wide fringe around the face delineated by curvilinear incisions, with the hair appearing swept back. No ears are represented. The be…
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ludford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-4B0E61
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and bent Post-Medieval silver coin probably a sixpence of William III (AD 1694-1702). The coin is worn and has been bent into a shallow V-shape.
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shotover CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-4AFCB7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy and gilded lion mount or brooch. It is missing almost half of its outer edge and the legs of the beast to old breaks. The object would have originally been circular in planned and domed in cross section (convex front, concave reverse). On its front it has the moulded design of an open work lion whose body is facing left and front right paw is raised (passant). The face of the lion faces the observer. There is moulded decoration defining a mane, tail, and facial features. Traces of gilding survives in the recessed portions of this design. The outer frame…
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sundon CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-4A8664
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete circular cast lead alloy horse harness (blinker) mount or strap-mounted bridle rosette of post Medieval to modern date, 45.3mm in diameter and of "composite centre" type (Maslin, 2020). The mount is decorated in high relief, with a exterior border of five-point stars around an annular band with beaded borders and a central recessed area of radial lines. There is a central hole for a separate boss, now missing. The reverse has stumps of integrally cast attachment lugs.
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-3AE83A
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy mount dating to the post medieval period (c.AD 1500-1700). The mount is circular in form and presents a high relief decoration on the face that appears to depict two figures; one is kneeling facing left, the other is standing adjacent to the right and is weilding an object over their shoulder, possibly a threshing flail or mattock. The ground appears rough, possibly indicating a rocky surface. The edging of the mount is incomplete and a there is split down the right side. Also on the right side is an incomplete attachment hole. The reverse is flat and u…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clatterbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-3A51AA
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy mount or stud of uncertain date, possibly Roman or medieval. The mount is square in plan and pyramidal in form with four sloping edges delineated by four lines radiating from the rounded knop at the apex. It has a concave reverse with a central rivet that is T-shaped with concave sides and a straight outside edge. Reddish brown patina with areas of bright green. Weight is 22.49g, Height: 21 mm; Width: 22 mm. Roman mounts of different designs but with similar T-shaped attachment points and central holes include GLO-61A87A, OXON-A6C0ED, KEN…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirkby in Ashfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-3A47CD
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval hooked mount dating c. AD 1230-1260. The plate is broadly rectangular and D-shape in cross-section, with a round shouldered terminal at one end and a broken projecting bar at the other end. The front face of the plate is decorated with two sets of double transverse collars at each end. At the terminal end is a circular perforation through the plate. Between the collars and projecting bar is a circular-sectioned copper-alloy rivet with broken pin stem on the underside. The reverse of the mount is flat and undecorated. The surface patina is mot…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: NLM-3A19D9
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy m,ount. Strip like mount with animal head, possilby casket mount.Triangular section slightly hollowed. Suggested date: Medieval, 1300-1400 Length: 43.9mm, Width: 9.7mm, Thickness: 3.8mm, Weight: 4.32gms
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-390396
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy 'propeller shaped' belt mount dating to the late Roman to early early medieval period (c.AD 350-450). The mount consists of a central circular element (diameter 12.8mm) flanked on either side by an isosceles triangle, its apex truncated by the circle. Each triangle has a riveted centre that still retains the rivet in place. The central element presents an incised ring and dot motif in the centre. The reverse is undecorated and presents the two rivets protruding slightly from the plate. One rivet retains a small rectangular piece of copper alloy. Overal…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clatterbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-37C2CB
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy post-medieval mount dating to c.AD 1600-1700 The mount is lozenge shaped with four circular holes in the middle forming a cross. Two of the corners has been expanded to form possible animal facemasks with a long rounded snout. There are two worn integral lugs on the reverse for attachment. The decorated side has traces of gilding. Reddish brown patina with areas of mid-green. Length: 28 mm; Width: 19 mm; Weight: 2.56g See for parallel GLO-54AB83. This mount broadly parallels examples with two integral lugs recorded in Read (2001, p. 28,&nbs…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sibthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-244E2D
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy mount dating to the medeival to post medieval period (c.AD 1400-1600). The mount is formed of a thin plate is lozenge in form. It has a scallop-shaped edges and each point is trilobed. Two opposite points are for attachment, one retains a rivet, the other is a small open perforation. The plate is decorated with circular apertures arranged with one in the centre and eight surrounding it. The surface is also decorated with deep incised lines, three at each point and more around the edge; most of these lines are gilded. The reverse is undecorated. The object …
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-23C7D8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy bar mount dating to the medieval period  (c.AD 1200-1400). The mount comprises of a large open circle in the centre from which two arms extend from opposite sides. At the base of the arms is a rounded collar. The arms each present a tri-lobed, fleur de lis terminal, through the centre of which are a single rivet that protrude to the reverse. The reverse is undecorated but presents disagonal filing lines. The object has a smooth dark brown patina. Dimensions: Length 41.4mm; width 15mm; thicknes 1.9mm; weight 4.19g A similar, potentially unfinished, e…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-238F73
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy pendant from a pendant mount dating to the medieval period (c.AD 1300-1400). The pendant has a quadrilobate form with three curved edges and one straight to thread through the mount proper which is missing. The surface is undecorated and it has a dark brown/green patina. Dimensions: Length 12.5mm; width 12.5mm; thicknes 1.6mm; weight 0.9g A complete example is illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991: 221), see no. 1189 which is dated to c.AD 1350-1400.
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-157123
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Probable Roman (mid 1st to 3rd century) mount: the copper alloy mount is incomplete or fragmentary. The body of the mount is an oval shape with a truncated and broken terminal, and at the opposite edge there is a integral sub-rectangular plate. The plate is decorated with fine transverse grooves which have been interupted by a circular perforation or cell. On the reverse thiscircular perforation or cell has a stud protruding. Due to corrosion it is not clear whether the stud is integral or seperate to the mount. The stud has a wide circular shank and terminals with an integral fla…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-0FA2D3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy bar mount, dating from AD 1350 -1400. The copper alloy mount has an oval shaped plan with an integral sub-oval knop at either end, one incomplete. Each knop has a rivet hole with the remains of a copper alloy rivet visible in one of these. The mount is decorated with four parallel, transverse grooves on the body and these are cross-hatched.  The body and knops are domed in profile and hollow on the reverse.  Length: 16.57mm Width: 9.98mm Thickness: 5.15mm Weight: 1.62g Similar mounts are illustrated i…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.