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Record ID: NMS-7F1637
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval cast copper-alloy mount in the shape of an acorn. The front is slightly convex and moulded and the back is dished. There are the stubs of two integral circular sectioned rivet spikes on the back, one is longer than the other and is bent outwardly. The acorn has an elongated oval shape with a narrower 'nut', a raised plain collar across the middle and a broader cup below decorated with raised lozenges. The object is 28mm long by 15mm wide,and 1.7mm thick excluding the rivets, It weighs 3.02g. A similar mount is illustrated by Read (2001:37), no.332 which he dates …
Created on: Monday 5th May 2014
Last updated: Monday 13th July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7D8754
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, worn and corroded copper alloy Medieval horse harness pendant. The remnant of the pendant is sub rectangular in shape but due to corrosion and edge damage it is not posssible to say if this is its original form. A suspension loop with a long neck protrudes from the upper long edge and is set perpendicular to the plane of the pendant body. It is pierced with a 2.9mm circular hole. There is no trace of a design or gilding. The surface has bright green blotches of verdigris over a redish brown bare metal. The pendant is 31.5mm wide by 43mm long (including loop) and the bod…
Created on: Monday 5th May 2014
Last updated: Monday 13th July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.