Record ID: BH-9F4C58
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy mount, probably dating from the Early-Medieval to Medieval periods. The mount has been bent, probably deliberately, into a (truncated) 'U shape'. The intact terminal takes the form of a heavily stylised, forward facing zoomorphic head, executed in low relief. A pair of triangles represents the ears and eyes respectively, while the flat areas are decorated with a number of transverse ridges with interspersing grooves. Protruding from the base of this head is a rectangular tab with a circular perforation. The remainder of the mount has parallel sides, a flat underside a…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2011
Last updated: Saturday 17th December 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Offley', grid reference and parish protected.