Record ID: BH-8ADCC5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy belt mount or horse harness decoration of probable 17th century date. Parallels can be found in B. Read; 2001; Metal Artefacts of Antiquity; pp. 29 and 37, nos. 331-334. The mount appears to have been designed to represent an acorn. The wide bottom (shell) section is separated from the rest by a horizontal groove. The narrower (acorn) section above also contains a horizontal groove and terminates at the top in a horizontal groove and rounded knob. A circular knob probably also protruded from the underside of the shell section, but it has now broken off. The reverse is…
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clothall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-A05BD8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and corroded copper-alloy mount in the form of a figure with blue champlevé enamel eyes, holding a stylised book, with two apertures (on body) and a stud at the rear of the head for attachment. The figure also retains traces of gilding. The object has been somewhat distorted, probably pre-deposition, when it was removed from its original setting. This mount was probably made in the late 12th-13th century. On stylistic grounds it would be attributed to the great manufacturing centre of Limoges, France. The figure dipicts what is usually described as a "saint" or perhaps an "…
Created on: Friday 25th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bedford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-A7D367
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy belt mount or horse harness decoration of probable 17th century date. The mount is drop-shaped in plan and has a segmented border around the perimeter and a lozenge-shaped aperture near the bottom. On the reverse are two integral rivets, aligned vertically, one at the top and one at the bottom. The mount is corroded. It measures 24.6mm long, 10.7mm wide and 1.2mm thick. The weight is 1.84g.
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clifton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-A7A451
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bent and incomplete copper-alloy mount of post-medieval date. Read illustrates a similar artefact, which he describes as a sword-belt mount of possible 16th century date (2001; pp. 43, no. 371). However, the bottom element of this piece differs significantly from that of the Read example and may indicate that this piece served a different function. The object is of thin section and would orginally have been flat. It has a circular aperture flanked on either side by a three-lobed border. Immediately above and below this section is a narrower 'waisted' section, each containing the h…
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clifton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-A4A7A7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and corroded Post-Medieval copper-alloy hooked mount of circa 16th century AD date. The top of the mount has a circular swelling, with a rivet hole, and then tapers into a bent tip. The body is roughly straight, with some irregularities, and there is a second rivet hole parallel with the top of the hook. The curve of the hook is relatively narrow, and then widens into an inverted drop-shape. The object measures 39.1mm high, 9.8mm deep and 6.1mm thick. It weighs 1.7g.
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Albans', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-5626A6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy belt mount or horse harness decoration of probable 17th century date. Parallels can be found in B. Read; 2001; Metal Artefacts of Antiquity; pp. 29 and 37, nos. 331-334. The mount appears to have been designed to represent an acorn. The wide bottom (shell) section has a horizontal ridge along its top edge and is decorated with a series of vertical grooves. The narrower (acorn) section above also contains these vertical grooves and terminates at the top in a horizontal ridge and rounded knob. A circular knob also protrudes from the underside of the shell section. The r…
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hertfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-C75F47
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy hooked mount of possible medieval to post-medieval date. The object takes the form of a strip of copper-alloy which has been bent into a hook shape. The body is rectangular in cross section and undecorated. Both the top of the mount and the tip of the hook are missing. At the top, the body widens out before the break, and appears also to be slightly thinner. The object measures 34.1mm long by 5.1mm wide and 2.2mm thick. The weight is 3.9g.
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Odell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-31DCB5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified copper-alloy object. No parallel could be found for this piece, but the general form and decoration suggest that it may be a mount from an early Early-medieval (Anglo-Saxon) bucket (see J.M.Cook; 2004). The object is pelta-shaped, the extension at the top having been broken off. It is thin in secion and has a slight curvature, which may be original or the result of post-depositional damage. There is a small rivet hole at the centre and, on the reverse, evidence of an adhesive paste or solder. At the centre of the broken top edge is a cross-shaped arrangement of ring-…
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sharnbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-B51F37
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy mount of probable late medieval date. This form of mount (probably a belt decoration) is a common find. The style may be derived from a series of mounts in the form of a crowned head (see, for example, BH-5BE6A3), which probably date from the 14th century AD. The mount is sub-oval in plan, tapering to a sub-rectangular protrusion at the bottom. It has a convex upper surface and concave underside. The top half is decorated by a number of deep cross-hatched grooves, bordered at the bottom by a horizontal groove. The lower section has two or three further horizontally-al…
Created on: Friday 2nd November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sharnbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-28A194
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy belt mount or horse harness decoration. The plate is trefoil-shaped and has a convex upper surface which retains traces of gilding. On the reverse, the remains of two integral rivets are visible. Extending downwards from the underside of the trefoil section is a narrow and tapering protrusion, representing a stalk. The object measures 19.4mm wide, 24.6 mm high, and 3mm thick. The weight is 2.9g.
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 7th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Albans', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-35A2C0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded copper-alloy bar mount of circa 1350-1400 AD date (parallels found in B.Read, 2001, p.24; G. Egan and F. Pritchard, 1991, p. 221). The mount has a backwards facing hook that attaches around a separate suspended ring. The hook is flat throughout, but widens towards the top. There is a possible rivet hole near the top of the hook. The object measures 24.9mm high, 7.9mm wide, and 6mm thick. It weighs 1.5g.
Created on: Friday 3rd August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Albans', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-355270
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded copper-alloy belt or harness mount of probable 17th century AD date (B.Read, 2001, p.35-37). The shape of the plate is irregular, with both top and bottom ends extending into two protruding lobes. There is a rivet hole on both ends. At the back, there are two rivets, one on each end, and they seem to be both pointing upwards. The object measures 23.9mm high, 10.3mm wide, and 7.5mm thick. It weighs 2.9g.
Created on: Friday 3rd August 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Albans', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-349314
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Heavily corroded post-Medieval copper-alloy mount of probable 17th century AD date (B. Read; 2001; pp. 35; no. 292. Both top and bottom of the plate have fleur-de lys on top of two lobes protruding sideways. There is a rivet hole just below both fleur-de lys. The centre of the plate bulges slightly outwards. There are remains of a rivet on both ends of the mount. The object measurements are 44.8mm long, 14mm wide, and 6.7mm thick. It weighs 6.2g.
Created on: Friday 3rd August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Albans', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-334182
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy belt or harness mount of probable 17th century AD date (B.Read, 2001, p.35-37). The object has trefoil terminal, triangular middle section and semi-circular bottom. On the reverse are two integral rivets, located one above the another, and both are bent downwards. The surface of the plate appears to have been tinned. The object measures 23.8mm long, 8.6mm wide, and 2.1 thick
Created on: Friday 3rd August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Albans', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-31B1B5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly corroded copper-alloy belt mount or harness decoration of probable medieval date. No exact parallels found. The mount is square in plan and three-dimensional, taking the form of a pyramid. The surface is gilt. Projecting from the hollow back of the head is a bent integral rivet. The object measures 14.7mm high and wide, and 4.9mm thick. It weighs 3g.
Created on: Friday 3rd August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Albans', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-313A86
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded copper-alloy mount of probable 13th or 14th century AD date. No exact parallel could be found for this piece but its general form suggests it may be a casket mount. At the bottom is a rectangular plate, which has been pierced with at least two (possibly three) rivet holes. An elongated sub-rectangular protrusion extends upwards from the rectangular plate. It narrows towards the (possibly broken) tip and contains two small copper-alloy rivets. The object measures 44mm high, 14.6mm wide, and 5.4mm thick. It weighs 5.4g. The surface retains traces of silver but no other …
Created on: Friday 3rd August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Albans', grid reference and parish protected.