Record ID: WILT-881217
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval mount, dating to the period AD 1270-1350. It measures 14.99mm in length, is 3.91mm in width and weighs 0.39g. There are two rivets, one slightly bent, in the rivet holes, which are one at either end. There is no discernible decoration. For similar, please see Read (2001) Metal Artefacts, p23 no.160.
Created on: Tuesday 31st October 2017
Last updated: Friday 3rd November 2017
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Record ID: WILT-86260F
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy possibly medieval mount dating to the period AD 1100-1500. It is circular, measuring 32.13mm in diameter and 1.28mm in thickness, and is slightly concave. There are two small rivet holes, measuring 1.45mm in diameter, one either side of the mount. The mount is decorated with numerous incisions. There are approximately 22 horizontal incisions with a further 3 vertical incisions. It is not clear however whether this is an example of decoration or later damage. The patina of the mount is smooth, aside from the striations, and dark green in colour. The total weight of the m…
Created on: Wednesday 26th July 2017
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2017
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Record ID: WILT-76C0D4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy post-medieval mount dating to the period AD 1500-1700. It is lozenge in shape and flat, measuring 26.74mm in length and 20.28mm in width, with a broken shank and one knop. There are four knops, though only three remain, on each corner, supported by two further knops underneath. This joins a concentric ring of slightly raised circular knops, which encloses a cross, also comprised of these slightly raised circular knops. In between the stems of the cross is hollow, except for one of the quadrants. What remains of the stem measures 5.03mm. In total, the stud weighs 2.97g. …
Created on: Tuesday 25th July 2017
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2017
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Record ID: HAMP-9A3655
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete gilded silver mount, now in two pieces. It is broadly rectangular in shape and hollow to the reverse, filled with a white concretion that is hard and apparently brittle, with traces of a red colour throughout. The back-plate is missing. The front of the mount is decorated with four triangular cells, the central two being isosceles triangles with one inverted, and the outer two being right-angle triangles placed in opposing corners. The cells are inlaid with coloured glass or gemstone, the corner pieces being dark orange-yellow in colour and the central pair being gree…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-FA5DB4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy late early-medieval mount, dating to the period 950-1100. It is sub-triangular in shape, measuring 28.62mm in length and 30.21mm in width. The thickness is 2.09mm, and it is concavo-convex in profile (the reverse being concave). The front of the mount has Viking Ringerike-style decoration, with a round, iron rivet still in situ in each corner (each in a state of corrosion). Each side of the triangle has two cusps, creating a triangular projection in between each cusp. One of these projections has been damaged, resulting in a V-shaped notch. A raised rim f…
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2017
Last updated: Friday 17th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Froxfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-5F9A81
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval belt mount, dating to the period c. 1200-1400. It is rectangular in shape and convex (being concave to the reverse), measuring 15.09mm in length and 9.54mm in width. It weighs 0.39g. Decoration on the mount is divided into thirds, the top and bottom sections comprising three knop-like ridges, the central of which is vertically arranged while the outermost ridges are diagonally arranged. The mount tapers inward slightly for the middle third. which has three transverse ridges and recesses. In the centre of these is a circular piercing, presumably for a missing ri…
Created on: Tuesday 18th October 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 19th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitchurch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-156B1D
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possibly Roman copper-alloy enamelled mount, dating to approximately. It is slightly convex and lozenge in shape. It weighs 4.82g, and is 24.77mm long. The mount has two bent spikes on the reverse. with 3.5mm difference in height. They are opposite one another, with a protrusion in the corner of the lozenge shape. The front of the mount is decorated with a smaller recessed lozenge shape, with traces of yellow enamel within. There is also a small circle within this smaller recess, with traces of gold enamel around the outside. Cf. Read 2001 pp.2, 5 no.28. This is described as a t…
Created on: Friday 3rd June 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2016
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Record ID: WILT-1F17ED
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy medieval bar mount dating to the period c. AD 1350 - 1400. The mount is hemispherical in cross-section. The central lobe is circular, concave to the reverse and domed to the front and features a band of four horizontal grooves tapering together and with a design of cross hatched grooves. At either end of the central lobe is a circular lobe with a centrally located rivet, both rivets remain. The mount is similar in design to one seen in Brian Read, 2001, pp. 23, nos.151. The mount measures 22.31mm in length, 12.78mm wide, 4.02mm thick and weighs 2.64 grams.
Created on: Thursday 28th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2016
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