Record ID: SUR-2324DA
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and incomplete post medieval cast copper alloy strap mount with a narrow heart-shaped plate. The pointed terminal is missing, but on the basis of complete examples (i.e. SUR-CBD7A2) likely comprised a small pointed acorn shaped knop. The reverse is flat with two integrally cast attachment rivets.
Created on: Friday 19th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-105166
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A incomplete cast copper alloy penannular object, possibly a mount or a brooch frame. The object has a crescent shaped frame, 4mm thick, with bevelled sides and a triangular cross section which expands to the mid point where there is a small hole, possibly an articulation for a now missing pin, or a mounting point. The frame has broken in half across this hole. The remaining terminal at the end of the arm has a small rounded plates with a central hole, which could be decorative or for an attachment rivet. The surface of the object has traces of tinning.
Created on: Thursday 18th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-F7B5AB
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount. Pressed sheet metal fleur de lis with a basal spike, slightly concavo-convex with inwardly crimped edges, and more generally curved as if it had been fixed to a staff or rod of rounded section. A rivet projects from the centre and there is rust staining within the hollow back. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1350-1450 Length: 17.8mm, Width: 12.0mm, Thickness: 0.6mm, Weight: 0.64gms
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winteringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E7DED1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount. A cast rectangular plate which has been bent to penannular form. A series of incised chevrons appear on the outer side, though with a zone along one edge of the series undecorated. Probably originally of annular form with a butted seam, now partly flattened. Abraded. A function as a binding might be implied by the annular form. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1400 Length (as found): 19.5mm, Width: 7.4mm, Thickness: 1.5mm, Weight: 2.35gms
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-E51264
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Medieval figurative mount or strap fitting, dating to c. AD 1250-1500. The mount is in the form a pine cone or zoomorphic creature with a projecting stalk or snout, and with the ears, eyes, snout and mouth defined by incised lines. The sides of the mount are trapezoidal, narrowing to a ‘stump’ at the bottom with a raised triangular top. It has a cross hatch of grooves near the top edge. There is a central circular rivet hole. The front is convex and moulded, while the centre of the back is hollowed out in an sub-oval shape around the rivet hol…
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-E388CA
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount. Cast bar mount with a central concavo-convex boss wih incised horizontal grooves and opposed rounded lobes for attachment, one retaining a rivet of diameter 1.2mm and length4.4mm. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1350-1400 Length: 19.4mm, Height (i.e. projection): 3.6mm, Weight: 1.71gms
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baumber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9415B3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy 'Limoges style' cross mount, enameled and gilded figurine depicting a saint (possibly the Virgin Mary),  dating c. AD 1100 - 1300. It is broadly rectangular in plan with the head centred on a circular projection representing a halo or nimbus. The upper surface of the figurine is convex and the reverse is concave except the circular halo which is flat. The body of the figure has two circular rivet holes pierced through it; one on the chest and one centred adjacent to the lower edge. The bottom of the mount…
Created on: Friday 12th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sibton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-803EA1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment copper alloy Acorn Mount of Post-Medieval date (AD 1600-1700). The object is styled in an acorn pattern. The object is composed of the rounded bottom half and is decorated with a cross-hatched pattern that form the cup of the acorn, the upper end lower ends both terminate in old, abraded breaks. The reverse retains one, recurved, circular sectioned lug. Length: 19.13mm, Width: 19.45mm, Thickness: 1.17mm, Weight: 2.0g. The metal is dark green in colour with a slightly pitted patina. Complete examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database: NARC-E25BF…
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-66CE26
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy post medieval decorative strap mount, 35.3mm in length. The plate takes the form of a pair of flanking trefoils linked by a small lozengiform central element. The reverse has a pair of integrally cast hooked attachment rivets.
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-656813
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible mount fragment. A pressed metal openwork plate in the form of a crescentic or lyre-shaped curl surmounted by a pellet at either rounded and expanded end – perhaps representing thistle heads - and with a small vertical leaf motif between them. Textured on one side but gilded on both. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Width: 18mm, Height: 15.5mm, Thickness: 1.1mm, Weight: 0.97gms
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.