{"id":1956,"date":"2024-04-09T21:22:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T21:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/?p=1956"},"modified":"2025-01-08T21:45:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T21:45:47","slug":"medieval-mount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/medieval-mount\/","title":{"rendered":"Medieval Mount"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Finds From Wirral<\/h1>\n<h3>Medieval Mount<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"1937\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/medieval-mount\/mount1_id_lvpl-3ae83a\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/MOUNT1_ID_LVPL-3AE83A.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1333\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DC-TZ200&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1703165440&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;8.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MOUNT1_ID_LVPL-3AE83A\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/MOUNT1_ID_LVPL-3AE83A-1024x682.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1937\" src=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/MOUNT1_ID_LVPL-3AE83A-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/MOUNT1_ID_LVPL-3AE83A-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/MOUNT1_ID_LVPL-3AE83A-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/MOUNT1_ID_LVPL-3AE83A-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/MOUNT1_ID_LVPL-3AE83A-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/MOUNT1_ID_LVPL-3AE83A-1800x1200.jpeg 1800w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/MOUNT1_ID_LVPL-3AE83A-1200x800.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/MOUNT1_ID_LVPL-3AE83A.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This copper alloy decorated mount has us scratching our heads and speculating that the kneeling figure on the left was John the Baptist just before execution and the figure on the right swinging a blade.<\/p>\n<div>Having researched the medieval depictions of John the Baptist it is most common to just depict his head.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>An unusual item it has been assessed by the Portable Antiquities Scheme and our speculation was incorrect.<\/div>\n<div>They say that the figures depict agricultural or mining activity and dates from AD1500-AD1700<\/div>\n<div>What do you think \u00a0it depicts ?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Interestingly an identical mount has been recovered and recorded on the database. That one was recovered in Derbyshire.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The link to the full database entry is below.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1149540\">https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1149540<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finds From Wirral Medieval Mount This copper alloy decorated mount has us scratching our heads and speculating that the kneeling figure on the left was John the Baptist just before execution and the figure on the right swinging a blade. Having researched the medieval depictions of John the Baptist it is most common to just depict his head. 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Missing its pin you can however see where the pin sat. https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1103201 \u00a0","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Finds&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Finds","link":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/category\/finds\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Buckle","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Buckle_1103201.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Buckle_1103201.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Buckle_1103201.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Buckle_1103201.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Buckle_1103201.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1563,"url":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/buckles\/","url_meta":{"origin":1956,"position":3},"title":"Buckles","author":"Wirral Archaeology","date":"14\/04\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Finds from Wirral Buckles Here is a selection of the groups recent finds of buckles. 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