File:Two views of a medieval shield-shaped mount. (FindID 109392).jpg

English: The object is a probable mount of Medieval to Post Medieval date, or the mid 14th to 18th century. The object is cast copper alloy.

    


      The object is sub-triangular (shield-shaped) in plan and sub-rectangular in section.  The sides of the object appear straight and unbroken and represent the only original edges.  The top edge of the object has been damaged (not recent breaks) , no original edge remains.
    


      On one of the surfaces there is evidence of three small, probably integral, copper alloy rivets, which possibly indicate the front of the object.    They are approximately 3.0mm in diameter, protruding outwards, and are laid out in a roughly triangular pattern.  The left and right rivets are located approximately 7.0mm and 6.0mm respectively from the top edge, both of these rivets appear to have slightly flattened heads.  The third rivet is located near to the base of the object, where the sides edge taper to a point.  This rivet is approximately 23.0mm from the top edge, and missing its head.  As an example  Read, see fig 131 (Read, B. 2001 Metal Artefacts Of Antiquity: A Catalogue of Small Finds From Specific Areas Of the United Kingdom, Vol. Portcullis: Somerset) illustrates a shield-shaped mount with three small rivet holes and a central rivet hole similar to the recorded example and dating to the 14th century.   However unlike the illustrated example, the recorded object has retained its central rivet, and the smaller rivets are in slightly different positions.   Another two rivet holes, approximately 3.0mm in diameter are located near to the top edge of the object. They are roughly parallel with one another being approximately 2.0mm from the top and approximately 7.5mm apart.  The left of these contains no rivet, the right rivet hole, however, has the remains of an iron rivet in it with evidence of iron corrosion around its edge.  The object was possibly re-riveted, or repaired at a later date using the small copper and iron rivets.  Another hypothesis is that these rivets were used to attach a second, possibly decorative plate to the front of the object.
    


     On the reverse of the object there is a large, centrally located, integral, copper alloy rivet.  It has a bevelled head and is approximately 6.1mm in diameter.  On the front of the object, this rivet has been flattened to secure it.  There are traces of the original patina left on the head of this rivet; otherwise, the object is a matt brown green colour, heavily corroded, with evidence of red copper corrosion and iron corrosion on both the front and reverse.
    


      Its size is 28.1mm at its longest point, 25.8mm at its widest point, 1.8mm thick, approximately 4.8mm thick at the small rivet portion of the object and 5.3mm thick at the large rivet potion.  The weight of the object is

6.37g.