Record ID: LIN-A7DD95
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy bar mount dating to the 11th or 12th century, probably from a book or casket. The mount is elongated in plan, plano-convex in cross-section and broken at both ends. One end is broken at a rivet hole, suggesting that the original length was much longer. The other end flattens out and begins to curve downwards, perhaps forming the cap-end to a lid or book cover. The body is decorated with two moulded animal-heads seen from above. One is next to the curved terminal and the other is near the broken rivet hole. The animal heads both have two large 'rabbit' ears and two large…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aby with Greenfield', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LIN-3972E3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An enamelled copper-alloy mount, possibly from a hanging bowl. The mount is shovel-shaped, flat and decorated on one side only. The body contains a vertical row of four sub-rectangular frames of reserve metal, with an unclear wavey line at the base. To either side is a line with a triangular terminal. The recessed areas contain degraded enamel, now pale yellow-brown in colour but with traces of red. The reverse is undecorated and has traces of a shiney backing, perhaps an indication that it was soldered to a metal object such as a vessel.
Created on: Friday 4th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-919D84
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy early medieval quaterfoil mount. The mount is decorated with four abstract faceted animal heads. At the top of each head there is a rivet hole, a rivet is preserved in two of them. The mount is domed on the front and slightly curved on the reverse.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
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Record ID: LIN-7F6AE5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval copper alloy openwork mount. Urnes style mount: an interlaced body snake (decorated with punched rings) and his head, narrow curves and small holes. This mount has a semi-circular section. Drawing reference: LEAHY K., 2007. The Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Lindsey, Chalford, p. 174, fig. 75.10.
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 12th August 2016
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Record ID: LIN-7E4533
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval copper alloy decorative mount. One end is decorated with a trefoil decoration, perfored by three holes. This part is attached to a trapezoid shaped body. It is filled with an interlace decoration surrounding a silver inlaid panel. The other end of the mount is decorated by three rings,each perfored by a hole. This mount has a rectangular section.
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 30th April 2012
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LIN-C31CD7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A conical bi-chrome glass stud slightly taller than it is wide, width 16.5-17.5 mm, height 18mm, on a clay core. The glass is opaque grey to off-white and deep blue, semi-opaque and worked in a feathered pattern and wrapped around a fired clay core, visible at the base. The base diameter would fit a substantial setting and it would have projected for some distance. The top appears quite smooth and unchipped and the whole weighs 6.34g. There is also a possibility that this was a playing piece from a set, as mentioned for a glass cabochon found at Wearmouth (Cramp 2005, 91). Playing A…
Created on: Monday 16th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-811752
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy mount, triangular in shape and flat in profile, decorated with a gilded triple-strand interlace pattern and on an iron backing. There is evidence of perforation near the pointed end of the mount, and a possible lug near the wide end. The mount is in good condition but the reverse is covered in iron corrosion products. The mount is 32.7 mm long, 50.99 mm wide, 6.92 mm thick and weighs 21.71 g. Kevin Leahy suggests that this a piece of Pressblech foil, attached to iron. He suspects that, given the iron, that it is a vandyke from a bucket, still …
Created on: Friday 13th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 15th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thanet', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-C2CD93
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon mount. Slightly domed copper alloy disc, becoming thinner towards the edge, with four evenly spaced sub-triangular apertures disclosing an equal-armed cross within a circle, and a central blind hole on the convex face. Part of the edge is missing. Very worn, and corroded. There are traces of an unidentified white substance on all four arms of the cross on the reverse, perhaps solder, but no other trace of fittings or means of attachment. Perhaps a large brooch, the originally soldered catch-plate and pin-lug now missing. Not substantial enough to be a strap-distributor. Pro…
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Toft Monks', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-ACA408
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy late Early-Medieval or early medieval mount; trefoil in shape with a fourth projection pierced for missing rivet. It has a rounded flattened central boss, with other smaller examples around the centre giving the impression of a rose with raised central stigma. It is quite a chunky item. 11th - 13th century AD
Created on: Tuesday 3rd April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 19th June 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-57F475
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy object, possibly a mount, of probable Early-Medieval date. It is roughly shield-shaped in form, rectangular in section and slightly curved in profile with an unevenly cast back face and moulded and chip carved decoration on the front face. The top of the object has extensive tool marks and a slightly bevelled front edge, perhaps indicating that the surviving object has been re-worked from a larger item, such as a strap fitting, to give it its present form. The decoration on the front face appears to be moulded, but perhaps with some re-working or chip carving. It c…
Created on: Friday 30th March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fordham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-75CB17
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible cast copper alloy Anglo-Saxon disc brooch dating from about AD 700 - 900. The disc is decorated with an equal-armed cross. In two opposing quarters is a simple motif of a line radiating from the centre of the cross dividing the field into two, each side being a petal or wing shape with a rounded outer edge. Another quarter has a design in relief of a cross in a double circle. The last quarter is obscured by corrosion. The brooch has a central perforated hole which may have held a rivet; however, there is no other evidence of attachment. The object has been bent and is rathe…
Created on: Monday 19th March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Doncaster Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-61EB78
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Early Medieval or later mount. It has a central domed area which is sub-rectangular, and the remains of four protruding tabs, only one of which is intact. This is flat and rectangular, with a rounded outside edge and a circular perforation for a rivet cutting through to the body of the mount. The other three have all broken off, leaving the semi-circular outline of the former rivet holes. The domed area is decorated with a human face. Beneath a full fringe are the outlines of two eyes, of irregular oval shape. The metalwork is worn and details of other features are uncl…
Created on: Tuesday 6th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 19th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rattlesden', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: BERK-E5E655
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Early-medieval knife terminal or fitting. See record: NMS-6B81F1: Copper-alloy mount, probably from the handle of a knife or sword. It is flat-ended and cylindrical, with four deep cut-outs with intervening points at the other end. Two points are distorted (bent out of shape). The sides, but not the unperforated flat end, are decorated with engraved lines forming rather crude arches which do not quite mirror the arched cut-outs. A transverse hole is filled with the remains of an iron pin; this cannot be seen on the photograph, but is just visible on the drawing…
Created on: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 7th November 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-E132C5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy, probably a mount with a rivet still in place. The object is rectangular in plan and D shaped in section, with a separate thin wire copper alloy rivet surviving, with the ends thickened. The other circular rivet hole is empty. It is believed to be Early Medieval based on comparison to other similar finds, and because this site produces many early Medieval finds. Its function is unknown but it could have been part of binding, maybe from a shield or vessel. Compare SWYOR-7CAAE7, SWYOR-7CD8D7 and SWYOR-DBEDF7.
Created on: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Last updated: Saturday 12th July 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-E021A4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy circular object, perhaps a mount, of probable Early Medieval date. It is a circular disc of copper alloy sheet. There are four circular holes through the plate, one in each angle of an incised cross with flared arms. There are traces of gilt in the incised lines. There is no evidence of attachment on the reverse, but one edge is broken, so there may have been an attachment there. The same design can be seen on early Medieval brooches such as NMS-698432 and NMS-993175, and on a mount HAMP-10B565 (though this is given a later date).
Created on: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Last updated: Saturday 12th July 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-BAA084
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Medieval (Anglo Saxon) copper alloy circular mount dating to the 8th century. This mount is circular and dished, so the front surface is convex and the reverse is concave. There is a central perforation which is filled with iron corrosion suggesting an original iron pin which attached this mount to another element. The front surface is decorated with a chip-carved interlace pattern depicting an equal-armed cross with interlace filling the spaces between the arms. The interlace forms a cross-hatched or net-like pattern. The equal-armed cross has flaring terminals and the …
Created on: Monday 27th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 12th August 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-9427A3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount. Cast fragment, a mount consisting of an openwork plate with opposed scalloped edges is bordered by a series of three rounded knops; the paired apertures beneath the knops may be drilled to a diameter of 4.8mm. A pair of rivets of length 7mm with burred heads project from the back of the plate. Suggested date: Early Medieval to Medieval, 1000-1200. Height: 21.2mm, Width: 22mm, Thickness (clear of knops and rivets): 3.3mm, Weight: 6.91gms.
Created on: Monday 13th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-51EA06
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy mount of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date. The head of the mount is sub-circular and of flat section. The upper surface is decorated with a 'chip carved' design which retains much of its original gilding. At the centre of this design there is a triple-stranded, interlaced quatrefoil. This quatrefoil is entwined with a single-stranded rectangle, on each of the four corners of which there is an angled loop whose outer limit projects beyond the edges of the otherwise circular head. The final element of the design is a ropework border which extends around the circumferen…
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 20th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Edlesborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-506F42
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy mount of Early-Medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) date. The mount is roughly square, with a frame around a central panel decorated with a 'chip-carved' design in which a combination of V-shaped grooves and ridges defines a zoomorphic pattern. At the base of this panel is the head frame of a bird, aligned left to right (in red on the annotated photograph). The head is angular in appearance and contains a recessed, sub-rectangular eye. The upper half of the projecting beak has a straight, angled top side, vertical right hand end (defined by the edge of the panel) and a concav…
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Edlesborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-241023
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy mount, pr belt plate, with chip-carved gilded Style I zoomorphic decoration dating it to the early Anglo-Saxon period (6th century AD). The mount is rectangular with two rivets at the reverse. One rivet is broken close to the base. The complete rivet is circular in secton. 2.5mm in diameter and 7mm long. The decoration is in a single panel which follows the rectangular shape of the mount. The Style I zoomorphic design suggests a crouching beast facing right with a curled tail at the far left, feet beneath and a raised pellet as an eye. The rectangular plate is 27mm …
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2014
Spatial data recorded.