Record ID: SUSS-C159B2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval, cast, copper alloy mount. The mount has a flat plate and is slightly heart shaped with one end tapering and folding underneath to form a hook. The reverse is flat except for the hook and a protruding stud, both of which have been integrally cast. The stud is 5.1 mm high and 5.5 mm in diameter. The metal is a brownish-red colour with an irregular formation of a green patina in some places. The mount is 12.3 mm at its widest point, and 19.3 mm long; it weighs 1.97 g. Read (1988) Fig 17 no.6 illustrates a similar hooked fitting with attachment studs. He dates…
Created on: Thursday 13th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 17th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashburnham', grid reference and parish protected.