Record ID: NMGW-6A53C4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age copper alloy decorative mount, probably of mid to late 1st century AD date. The perforated copper alloy mount or escutcheon is probably from a vessel. The mount is likely to be complete with a length of 23.05mm, a width of 15.89mm and a depth of 21.45mm. The sides of the mount are flat and converge towards the ‘beaked’ end. A circular perforation with a diameter of 6.6 - 7.6mm penetrates both sides near their top. A smaller perforation with a diameter of 5.0mm meets the first opening from below. The base of the mount has an integral circular pin, presumably for attachm…
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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Record ID: ESS-42D947
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy mount, probably Late Iron Age or Early Roman. The mount is subrectangular in plan and teardrop shaped in section. It is pierced through its width with a circular perforation. Viewed with the pointed end down, the mount is moulded so that each outside edge is raised and slightly flared out. Between the raised edges at the top of the mount is a central raised triangle, recessed to take red glass or enamel, of which some traces survive. The downward point of the triangle extends into a substantial raised bevelled line that continues around the circumference of t…
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SF-742A37
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy fragment of a probable Iron Age strap fitting or mount, perhaps most likely to have functioned as a harness mount. The fragment is flat and has a rectangular shaped part, with the beginning of a central split surviving, and this flares into a triangular shaped part which is also incomplete due to old breaks. The fragment measures 25.6mm in surviving length and 38mm in width across its widest part. The front face is decorated with four circular indentations which originally held enamel, indeed traces of a red enamel can be seen within the indentations. Two of…
Created on: Tuesday 1st November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barrow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-778496
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead/copper alloy/iron mount with anthropomorphic head terminal. The mount is formed from a circular sectioned post, terminating in a human head which has been moulded in three dimensions. There is a lead collar around the post. Two parallel linear lines represent the brow and eyebrows, there is a broad raised nose, a raised oval for the mouth, and a raised linear line for the chin. Some file marks are present on the face. The mount has an iron core with traces of corrosion across the broken end. Very dark green patina Dimensions: length: 51.22mm; length of face 27.90mm; diame…
Created on: Thursday 20th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BH-2DD855
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy mount of probable late Iron Age to early Roman date. The piece consists of an openwork plate which is irregular in shape and has a swirling "Celtic-style" design. The object has been cast in a mould. The upper surface is slightly domed and the reverse is flat. On the reverse are the remnants of four integral rivets of circular section. The artefact is bent and corroded. It measures 38.4mm long by 24mm wide and 5.1mm thick. It weighs 7.75g.
Created on: Saturday 10th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-F16144
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy mount or belt mount. The mount is roughly square with blunted corners and a raised central element. This raised element is in the shape of a face, the stylised eyes, nose and mouth are clearly visible. The reverse is concave with the face area being hollow. The metal is a mid greyish-green colour and it is pitted. The mount could possibly be late Iron Age or Roman, but a later medieval date cannot be ruled out.
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sullington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-70F735
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron age or Roman? copper alloy mount, 13mm in diameter and 14mm long. The object is in good condition with a dark green patina and weighs 5.70 grams. The mount consists of a dome, 5mm deep, which is decorated with 'cup and ring' marks (which consist of an incised circle around a raised circle which in turn surrounds a hole). The dome has a raised tapering border 2mm thick which is decorated with vertical incised lines at close intervals which appear to form a gripping surface? The base of the object has a short shaft, 5mm long and 4mm in diameter, emerging from its centre. It is not c…
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-097CA3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron age or Roman copper alloy mount, 35mm long, 28mm wide and 9mm thick. It consists of a small cirular protrusion which is sub spherical in section. This is decorated in teh form of a human head with small round eyes, a triangular noes and traces of a mouth. This sits above a large sub-circular form which is slightly domed with a flat reverse. This has two small spherical protrusions forming stylised breasts. The object is probably a mount from a vessel and its form suggest that the head would have sat above the rim of the vessel.
Created on: Monday 15th August 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-F6F521
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age Hemispherical domed mount with central perforation with enamelled decoration: in the centre three pointed oval cells forming a circle are surrounded by alternating round and triangular cells, all are part filled with pinkish enamel. Diameter 13mm, height 8.5mm. Rear concavity, diameter 7mm, depth 6mm, is covered with a ferrous deposit. Central hole 1mm. Of two similarly shaped objects found at Ashill (HER 8712) in 1979, one retained a rivet in the hole. Function is uncertain, but probably a personal ornament. 1st century AD.
Created on: Thursday 21st July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grimston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-192F47
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy mount. The mount is semicircular in plan and flat in section. When viewed with the straight edge upper most, the front face is decorated with a raised design of two left chasing spirals that extend into the curved field. Alternatively it could also be described as an incised overly curled ‘S’ shape viewed horizontally on its back. Around the spirals, the field of the mount is recessed, possibly to hold enamel. There are no traces of additional material to confirm or deny this theory. The reverse of the mount is unevenly tinned and this extends onto the edges of th…
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hatfield Broad Oak', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-8447B2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
Romano-Celtic copper alloy zoomorphic mount in the form of a bull. The mount is formed of a flat shape for the head and neck of the beast and two semi-circular sectioned horns coming from the head set at a right angle to it. The horns curve upwards in an arc which forms an almost complete circle. They terminate in a round knop although one has broken off. The mount bears some similarities to the terminals found on late Iron age and Roman cosmetic sets (pestle and mortars), although it is larger and narrower than this so is unlikely to be from this instrument. A good example showin…
Created on: Thursday 9th June 2005
Last updated: Sunday 27th May 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-F30645
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An interesting cast copper-alloy Iron Age object, probably a fitting or mount of some type, although a parallel is yet to be found. The object is a hollow chevron shaped tube, 50 mm in length. Within the tube the remains of another copper-alloy bar or tube can be discerned. The item is decorated with two opposing birds on the top. The front has three circular grooves, each surrounded by a circular ridge. Within the central of these grooves is what appears to be the remains of a shell inlay. It is therefore likely that the other two grooves also had inlays of some sort. The rear of the …
Created on: Monday 9th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-771D47
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a rectangular copper-alloy cast mount with a convex surface and hollow inside. The surface is decorated with an inlay of stripes of blue and red enamel. The stripes do not seem to appear in any particular pattern. The concave back is hollow except for a centrally placed short stud which was most probably meant to be pushed into the leather of a belt or a broad strap. The object is here described as a Romano-British mount, because of the shape and the red/blue enamel inlay; however, no immediate parallels could be found so far.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-F78346
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy mount, harness fitting, or escutcheon of probable late Iron Age or early Roman date (200 BC – 200 AD).The mount is irregular in both plan and profile. In plan it is broadly semi circular with two projecting flat knops, one located at the top of the artefact and on located at the base. The knop at the bottom is small than that at the top. The front face of the mount is domed (convex) and the rear face is dished (convex). Rising from the centre of the fitting is a tapering broken projection. This is sub-circular in cross section and projects 8.7mm from the face of the…
Created on: Wednesday 27th April 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Herefordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-165726
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy mount or stud of probable Late Iron Age or Early Roman date (300 BC – 100 AD). The mount is sub-oval (egg or eye shaped) in plan and D shaped in cross section with a cast sub-rectangular projection on the reverse. The mount measures 33mm in length, 21.9mm width and is 14.2mm thick. It weighs 20.17 grams. The front face of the mount is decorated with a simple cast pattern. This consists of a raised solid sub-circular boss in the centre of the mount contained within a cast circular groove. At the either end of the longest axis are cast rounded sub-triangular pro…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-873E93
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron age or Early Roman, circular, enamelled disc with a central rectangular hole (9x4mm). The enamelled decoration is of an unusual and assymetrical design, with four large areas of (now green) enamel and four smaller areas of red enamel. The reverse is plain and theree is no sign of attachment anywhere on the piece. The rectangular slot might suggest that the object is part of a dagger or sword handle?
Created on: Friday 4th March 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stanford on Soar', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-9D9125
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object appears to be an Iron Age mount, made from cast copper alloy with an iron fixing stud. In plan the mount is triangular, with relief decoration on one face. The decoration is moulded, and has a central circular boss, which stands proud from the rest of the mount. This central boss has the terminal of the iron stud visible, but the stud is flush with the boss. Surrounding the central boss are three high-relief crescents with deep fields either side, forming an inner circle. The corners of the mount have two elongated crescentic shapes which meet at the inner circle of cr…
Created on: Monday 21st February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-AC1453
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy scabbard mount with squared off upper section and lower section tapering to a point. Two rivets remain at the top of the mount and two others remain on the left side of the mount as part of a group of four within the decoration. The two rivets on the right side of this group are missing. These rivets would have attached to a hide cover for a wooden scabbard which may have also been lined. The mount is 55 mm long, 35 mm wide and 1.7 mm in thickness. It weighs 16.77 g. A typical Iron Age sword is 35mm in width, so the scabbard would have been wider. This object is d…
Created on: Friday 28th January 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 30th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Padstow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-D34113
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy disc shaped object with incised triskel on one side which has slight trace of red enamel infill remaining. The triskel is within an incised border. The back is roughly cast and has a groove around a central possible fixing point which has three small holes.
Created on: Tuesday 18th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.