Record ID: NLM-039468
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount fragment. Small thin fragment, possibly from a mount of cross-shaped form with concave sides to its arms, retaining interlace strap-work with relict gilding on one side, with plain borders, one lightly convex and the other concave. Lightly bent, broken along one edge. Kevin Leahy kindly comments as follows: 'I think that this piece represents a fragment decorated in what the Staffordshire Hoard report called the 'Early Insular Style' which was dated to c. 630-660. The matting-link interlace formed from three strands is characteristic of what was, in the Staffs. Hoar…
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2020
Last updated: Friday 22nd October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxby cum Risby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-49F9C9
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy artefact of Early-Medieval date but uncertain function. This is most probably an incomplete mount, possibly related to stirrups or some other harness fitting. It weighs 8.24g and has a maximum width of 24.6mm. The length is currently 38.8mm, however a break is present at both ends (very worn at the wider end of the artefact and moderately worn at the tapering end). In its incomplete state the object has a pear or tear-drop shape. The reverse surface is undecorated and flat, however a concave depression is present on the reverse behind an area of moulding on …
Created on: Friday 20th March 2020
Last updated: Saturday 25th September 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-D0EBC5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late early-medieval (11th century) copper alloy mount in the form of a zoomorphic oval loop, decorated with four moulded animal heads arranged alternately facing upwards and downwards. The heads are arranged equidistantly, but appear at the middle of the long edges and occupying all of the short edges. The band between is vertical and an elongated D in cross-section (being flat to the inside surface), 6.4mm tall and c.2mm thick. Projecting above the heads on the two longer edges is a semi-circular extension c.7mmx2mm, pierced at the centre (1.5mm in diameter); the piercings are perf…
Created on: Wednesday 19th February 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 25th February 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-3C9F06
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Mount of Post-Medieval date (AD 1650-1750). The object is composed of a large open work plate in the form of highly stylised floral motif, similar in form to a pot of lilies which (as the finder comments) is a symbol of Annunciation within Medieval Christian symbolism. The plate is composed of an upper trifoliate of lilies with incised lines on each to indicate petals. The stems join at the centre of the plate and converge into an inverted sub-triangular pot/vessel which expands out in the lower portion of the object to the rectangular body of the pot/vessel…
Created on: Tuesday 19th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 20th November 2019
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Record ID: NARC-3BF695
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Mount of Post-Medieval date (AD 1675-1725). The object is cast and is circular in plan and domed with a concave back and a central circular opening for a now missing pin. The upper surface of the object has a raised integral decorative pattern composed of six repeating human face with ovate eyes, long nose, thin mouth and linear grooves representing hair. Between each face is a large annulet in pellet, three raised squares and a second annulet in pellet. The back of the object is concave and undecorated with voids indicating the positioning of the decorative…
Created on: Tuesday 19th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 20th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-3E87B6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy possibly Medieval mount, dating to AD 1200-1250. It consists of a slightly tapering rectangular plate, which has a rectangular cross-section and an ornate loop protruding from the top edge; the lower edge has an old break now worn. The front face of the loop bears a moulding depicting a ribbon, which is centered on the top edge. Below the circular hole of the loop, on the front face of the plate there is a cast motif depicting an open hand emerging from a possible cloud. The surfaces are gilded, although on the back face little of the covering survives. "…
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 13th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dedham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-728698
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy box or harness mount, possibly of later Early Medieval date (940-1066 AD). The mount is quatrefoil in shape, with four trefoil shaped pierced lobes set around a circular base. This is concave on the reverse, creating a depression approximately 14mm deep. The centre of the mount is formed into the head of a beast, possibly a mastiff type dog or bear, but also possibly reminiscent of the semi-feline beasts seen on Borre metalwork. This latter suggestion is given due to the exaggeratedly large eyes, measuring 9.4mm across, which are almond shaped. A similar exa…
Created on: Thursday 10th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-D36C41
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy mount of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 450 - 700. The main body of the object is ovate with a D-shaped section and a flattened terminal to one end and an expanded spatulate terminal to the other. The flattened terminal has a central perforation running through it. Two bulbous knopped protrusions flank the opposite terminal at the narrowest point. Two rows of annulets decorate the upper surface, starting at the perforations and flaring out before joining again between the knopped protrusions forming an oval. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal ha…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BUC-79A9CE
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Fragment of a cast gilded copper alloy mount, set with silver rivets. The mount is roughly tri-lobed in form, comprising two large rounded lobes with a small, pierced lobe between them and a squared projection, probably broken, in the centre. There is a notch near one corner where the mount has been damaged. The squared central section is decorated with a circular panel containing a running spiral or plant motif inside a plain, broad border. In the centre is a silver dome-headed rivet. The two large lobes are decorated with different designs incorporating spirals and…
Created on: Monday 18th December 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 16th March 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-7D80E9
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval gilded copper alloy mount decorated in Anglo-Saxon Style II, dating from the late sixth or seventh century. The upper surface is gilded and decorated with triple strand interlace terminating in a a snake's head. The decoration is similar to that seen on a gilt-bronze belt mount from North Elmsall, Yorkshire, (Speake, 1980, Pl. 8 j). The lower surface has no gilding and has two small rectangular projections for attachment, apparently unbroken. The mount is 20mm long, 10mm wide tapering to 8mm, 6mm thick and weighs 1.47g.
Created on: Friday 6th October 2017
Last updated: Saturday 6th October 2018
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Record ID: BUC-E57F8B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Early Medieval mount, probably dating from the 8th Century AD. The mount is ovoid in shape, and is domed, with a hollow reverse. The mount is in the form of an elongated man's face, with a three-dimensional front and a flat reverse. The face is long and thin, with a long nose in the centre, curvilinear raised lines projecting out from the top of the nose either side forming eyebrows. Underneath these are the eyes which are oval in shape, raised around the edges, and a raised pellet in the centre. The face is moustached and bearded, the moustache is a single raised …
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2017
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Record ID: IOW-BC197B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy axe-shaped mount (c. 650-850). The object is now 'pelta'-shaped in plan. It has curving sides and a curving end. The opposite end is in the form of a break. One corner is also broken. The front is chip carved and has a double raised line border containing raised triangles all forming recesses for decoration, possibly champlevé enamel and silver wire. The rear face is flat and plain. This object has a green patina and the breaks are old. The mount resembles the axe-shaped mounts on the underside of the Lullingstone hangi…
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2016
Last updated: Friday 2nd September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-6E526B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval copper alloy mount dating to the period c.AD 900-980. The mount is broadly trapezoidal in plan, with an incised border around three of the edges. The decoration is openwork and consists of a trifoliate motif, which forms the fourth edge, and an incised curvilinear design. There are five apertures arranged in an oval towards the narrower terminal. Traces of gilding remain on the surface, and where this is not present there is a green patina. The reverse is undecorated. It is possible that this is a mount from a chest or a book, and a similar object on the database …
Created on: Thursday 26th November 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-9E14B1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval gilded copper alloy mount, 25mm long, 11mm wide and 3mm thick with a weight of 3.26 grams. The object is sub rectangular in form and cross section and consists of a rectangular plate with a triangular plate emerging from one side. The rectangular section is decorated with a raised solid border which surrounds a raised knot like motif representing a snake. The triangular section forms a 'beaked' head consisting of a triangle with the apex curling and turning under itself. At the top corner, where it joins the rectangular plate, there is a raised circle with a raised '…
Created on: Monday 16th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-7D0E57
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy mount of Early-Medieval date. The mount is triquetra in form with a flat, rectangular profile. The upper surface is decorated with an intricate carved interlace design which retains gilding. The exact nature of the decoration is difficult to determine due to wear though an intertwining rope work-style border appears to be present around each loop and into the centre panel. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal has a mid-greenish patina and is worn. The object is 21.8mm long, 20mm wide, 1.8mm thick and weighs 2.5g. Dr Kevin Leahy, National Fin…
Created on: Thursday 16th July 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-F22C4B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An apparently complete copper alloy Carolingian mount dating to the 8th or 9th century. It is rectangular in shape with silver inlay and gilding to one side (the 'front') and devolved acanthus decoration. In cross-section, the object is C-shaped, being hollow to the reverse and convex to the front. The front has moulded decoration in the form of two lozenge shapes (formed of a pair of V-shapes on their side) with two half lozenges (a single sideways V-shape) to either side, at either short end of the object. Between and at the end of the two central (complete) lozenges, at the point o…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd June 2015
Last updated: Saturday 23rd July 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-C8CF22
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy sub-lozenge shaped, elongated hexagonal, mount of Early-Medieval date that has broken into two parts with an irregular transverse fresh break. The artefact has a weight of 8.41mm, and would have had a total length of 54.0mm before breaking into two parts 15.5mm from one of the terminal ends. The central rectangular area of the mount has a width of 15.9mm, to either side the mount tapers to a point thus forming a triangular terminal. Each change in angle expands slightly to accommodate a decorative pellet of c. 4.6mm diameter. On the upper surface of the a…
Created on: Friday 8th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Folksworth and Washingley Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-8AEDEF
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy zoomorphic mount probably dating from AD 1000 - 1200. The mount is in the form of a three dimensional beast's head with rounded ears, worn eyes and a tall nose or snout. There is a fleur shaped projection at the snout end. The projection is flat and may represent the animal's tongue. There is a circular rivet hole (now filled with corrosion) through the projection. Another similar rivet holes can be seen in the centre of the creature's head. Beyond the ears, the mount is thin and flat, curving slightly backwards. It is not clear whether this is the whole mount or whethe…
Created on: Tuesday 5th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leeds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-827350
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy mount of probable early Medieval date. The mount is broadly rectangular in plan with splayed edges towards the base, which has smooth curved serrations along the bottom edge. The surface of the mount has an incised design of which the centrepiece is the head of a wolf-like animal. The wolf head is flanked by other linear designs but they are hard to distinguish; they may be intended to represent wings. Beneath the wolf head is what may be the body or legs of the animal, which in turn is standing on a domed feature with linear marking possibly intended to be eye…
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-BD3980
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an 8th century copper alloy circular openwork mount with traces of gilding. Part of the circumference survives along with a panel of single-strand interlace and the edges of openwork elements. The position of a separate circular element is suggested by an undecorated circular area with a central circular rivet hole. On the back is a fragment of a separately-attached sheet metal plate which is still held in place by two small copper alloy rivets. A large rivet hole on the circumference of the fragment also penetrates this separate plate. The diameter of the complete ob…
Created on: Wednesday 1st October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 1st October 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-1F5FB7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possibly Early Medieval (late Anglo Saxon) copper alloy zoomorphic strap fitting with a suspension loop; a form described by Egan and Pritchard as a bar-mount with pendant loop, or in record LON-B3DD46 as a ring-link connector. The strap fitting possibly dates from the 9th or 10th century. This strap fitting has been cast in one piece with a front and back plate connected via a tapered loop which has a D-shaped cross-section. The front plate is ornate. The upper end is incomplete, broken across three prongs of an openwork design. The breaks are patinated. Two moulded curved ridge…
Created on: Wednesday 6th August 2014
Last updated: Monday 11th August 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-4341E3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy mount fragment, possibly dating from the early medieval period, that is the 8th or 9th century AD. It is very worn, with an undecorated reverse and decorated obverse. It is slightly curved. All edges show signs of breaks. the obverse is decorated with a moulded face surrounded by an intricate interlace pattern. There are no remains of enamel or niello and there probably was not inlay. The face is made up of an open mouth, large nose, eyebrows and eyes, with a frowning or surprised expression. The surrouding line and a line across the forehead may indicate a hooded fi…
Created on: Friday 20th June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 3rd July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nether Kellet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-F0A3C8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy and gilded axe-shaped mount (600-700). This mount is broadly pelta-shaped in plan. It has two eagles' heads flanking a decorated panel, one at each side. At the front, the panel has a raised double border following the outline of the edge. Within the border Style II decoration depicts a stylised animal with front and back legs and some interlaced body parts. A ring motif at the centre may be an eye. It is difficult to make sense of the overall design. The rear face is largely flat except for the spike and a small raised area whic…
Created on: Wednesday 4th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 4th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-E78110
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (c. 6th century) mount: The copper alloy mount is a trefoil in plan which has a central boss and the arms, which are rounded triangles in plan, protrude from the boss. The arms are each decorated with a border of double-stranded grooves with transverse grooves forming a row of blocks. This decoration is more visible in the crevices near the boss, and this is where gilding remains. In profile the boss and arms are domed. The majority of the upper surface is abraded so has no gilding, and no decoration, if there were any decoration, is visible. The reverse of the mount is…
Created on: Friday 4th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 4th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-53E540
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy with gilding mount fragment. Cast flat backed plate in the form of the head of a bird with curving bill, probably one of a symetrically addorsed pair, as adduced by ragged broken edges behind the body. An eye is defined naturalistically in relief, as is a nostril at the top of the beak, but the neck and upper body afford fields for curvilinear interlaced ornament, each strand of which comprises paired ridges highlighted by deeply incised (or appearing thus) gutters between them. Dr Kevin Leahy kindly identifies this piece as of Salin Style 2, and as such an indication of …
Created on: Friday 28th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Lincolnshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-E562F8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Early Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy mount (c. 410-c. 600). Style 1 derived. This mount is rectangular in plan with rounded corners and rectangular in cross-section. At the front, chip carved decoration consists of a wide border of horizontal and vertical paired billets of varying lengths. Within the border, an empty rectangular cell has a sub-oval recess. The sides are flat. However, some material has been lost around the sides due to corrosion. Off-centre, close to one end, the remains of an iron rivet can clearly be seen at the rear, but is barely visible a…
Created on: Wednesday 26th February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-727566
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A mount, button or stud of composite construction and probably of early-medieval date. The circular body of the button is of copper alloy and has been gilded. Around the edge is a tiered pair of ropework frames from which projects a plain circular setting. Within the setting is a dark blue glass stone, in the centre of which is an inlaid circle of grey or white glass, which contains a similarly inlaid cross with expanding arms. On the back is the remains of an iron fitting of uncertain form which suggests the object may be a stud or mount from a composite item. Both the gilded copp…
Created on: Tuesday 10th December 2013
Last updated: Monday 1st June 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-C97342
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early-Medieval to Medieval copper-alloy mount. The mount is sub-oval in plan, narrowing towards one end. The underside is concave and the domed upper surface is decorated in high-relief moulding. This decoration takes the form of a pair of birds, aligned back-to-back on the longest axis of the mount, the heads at the wider end. Each bird has a slender, curved body, pointed-oval wing and exaggerated tail with squared end. The legs are heavily stylised, each pair separated by an inverted-V-shaped notch and terminating in an overly large, upturned foot. The birds are depicted as if…
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 10th December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heydon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-679901
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a probable cast copper alloy horse harness boss of early medieval date. The decorative style appears to be Salin's Style II. The circular collared setting appears to be filled with a separate rivet which projects from the back; this can be paralleled on some of the disc brooches illustrated by George Speake (Kevin Leahy, pers.comm.). The complete object appears to have been circular with art of the circumference surviving. The central design may have been in the form of a cross. Late sixth/seventh century. It is not clear that the object is gilded.
Created on: Sunday 3rd November 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 25th February 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-FFCDF4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Early-Medieval (Anglo Saxon, c.450-550) near-complete copper-alloy mount, possibly for furniture or a strap, with (now red) enamel decoration. The edge is cracked in one place and bent upwards a little. There are two holes in the plate, and the central rivet hole (2.85mm in diameter) has traces of iron corrosion inside it. The finder reports that there was a small amount of iron on the reverse that came off in his hand when he lifted it out of the ground. At the centre of the plate, around the rivet hole, is a hexagon. Inside is a sexfoil and the resultant triangles all …
Created on: Friday 12th July 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Mary Bourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-AE5141
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Later Early-Medieval copper alloy rectangular mount with a rivet hole in each corner. It is ever so slightly dished to the reverse, while the front carries an apparently devolved interlace design in the form of a sinuous beast with beaked head and oval eye within edges flanking the shape of the mount. The mount appears to be cast, the decoration appearing in relief, the reverse being flat (although now rather worn and missing much of its original patina). There is a small nick in one of the short edges and the remains of iron rivets in three of the four rivet holes. Traces of prob…
Created on: Wednesday 26th June 2013
Last updated: Friday 5th July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Owslebury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-A845C6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of an early medieval Carolingian copper alloy gilded mount of composite construction and of uncertain original extent. The main fragment has no certain original edges; at its centre is a lozenge shape with incurving sides and at the centre of this is a large domed rivet. Within the lozenge shape is a saltire of strip form each arm of which is decorated with a single line of round pits. Within each angle of the saltire is a petal-like form with a void dividing each petal lengthwise. Beyond the incurving sides of the lozenge is a surviving pair of expanded rounded triangular …
Created on: Sunday 14th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 25th February 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-480245
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper alloy zoomorphic mount of probable Medieval date. The object takes the form of the head of some type of beast, possibly a dolphin, dragon or sea monster. The features comprise a broad nose, two eyes each made from ring and dot, two pointed projecting ears and curved incised eyebrows. The back of the head is flat with a large protrusion extending vertically from the back of the head which may possibly be a crest or fin. The projection is decorated with incised lines; one central and vertical and others forming a border. The back of the object and the base are both flat, …
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 13th May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-79E957
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy harness mount with bent spikes dating to the seventeenth century AD. The main element is flat at the front and back and has triangular openwork at the centre. At the front, the inner and outer edges are bevelled. There is an incomplete, free running looped pin or rivet which is sub-oval in cross-section. Similar to IOW-22DB36 on the databse. The length is 36mm, 24mm wide, 8mm in thickness and the weight is 4.12g.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2012
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'RIPON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-0316D5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy gilded mount of Early Medieval date. The mount is oval in plan and rectangular in cross section. The mount has raised decoration consisting of a raised triangle located in between a V with curved tips. Below is what appears to be a depiction of a paw. The decoration is abraded in places. The bottom of the mount appears to possibly be incomplete with an abraded edge, a small fragment of the right side of the mount is missing. The reverse is flat and undecorated, evidence of solder is visible on the reverse. The mount is 16.85mm in length, 23.2mm wide, 2.35mm thick and…
Created on: Saturday 6th October 2012
Last updated: Thursday 20th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-B3ACF6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A circular copper alloy mount or possible pendant ornament of possible Early Early-Medieval date (c.500-750), with an openwork triskele design at the centre, each arm supported by a narrow projection from the surround. At the cetre of the triskele is a small circular depression. The object measures 64mm in diameter and varies in thickness between 0.8mm and 1.2mm, being thickest at the centre and thinning towards the edges, which are slightly convex from the front and concave from the back. It weighs 20.6g. To the reverse there are no signs of attachment. Kevin Leahy and Helen Geak…
Created on: Friday 15th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swindon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-C28C51
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead or lead alloy mount, probably fairly modern 1800 to 1900AD, in the shape of a knight on a horse (the knight's head has come off & it looks like something may have come adrift under the horses hooves). It appears to have been mounted using a central stud. It measures 120mm long and 78mm wide. There is a copper alloy mount of similar subject on the PAS, BH-B91E31, but it has been attached at multiple points. It is worth noting that there were Pilgrim badges with a similar subject (possibly George & the Dragon)and made of the similar material (lead or lead alloy). There appears to b…
Created on: Monday 16th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KIRKHAM', 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.

Record ID: BH-E80414
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy mount of probable post-Medieval date. The mount comprises a damaged rectangular plate with a transverse, convex-surfaced moulding at the centre of the upper face. This moulding divides two equal-sized panels, each of which is filled with an interlace pattern (similar, but not symmetrical) of possible vegetal or zoomorphic nature. The raised areas of this design are decorated with a series of parallel grooves, most of which are aligned at 90 degrees to the moulding and have been filled with an unidentified substance. Traces of this yellowish material (possi…
Created on: Friday 17th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 17th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Billington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-FE6095
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Mount. Cast rectangular plate with three rivet holes at one end; two occupied by rivets of diameter 1.8mm which are clenched over at the back of the plate; the central hole appears countersunk, of diameter 2mm, and perhaps was never used. The mid point of the plate is ridged, and its other end is also thickened with a gutter adjacent to this on the back. Decoration comprises incised triangles either side of the central ridge, filled with groups of two or three round or oval punchmarks. An identification as a fragment from scale armour was offered by the finder, on the …
Created on: Monday 6th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded.