English: A medieval cast copper-alloy mount in the form of an animal's head set on a long neck, at the end of which is a 4.1mm diameter x 10.3mm deep socket. The neck has rectangular section, 9.2 x 8.2mm and on each of its faces the two edges are marked by incised lines between which is an incised arch. The two incised lines converge on the inner face of the neck to form a neat tong-shaped panel.

The animal's head is deeply modelled and striking. It has widely diverging jaws with both its lower and upper jaws strongly out-turned, an incised groove extends the line of the upper jaw around the face, the line of the lower jaw sweeping behind the head to define cheeks. The eyes are represented by C shaped mouldings set either side of the sharply keeled nose. Separated from the head by a deep groove is flat, oval, panel, on which were three, flat sectioned horns, one of which is now missing. The ends of these expand to form bulbous terminals.

While this object bears some resemblance to the mount on the Iron Age bowl from Keshcarrigan, Co. Leitrim (Jope 2000, Pl. 194 a, b, c, d) the fittings differ and it considered that it is better paralleled by the Romanesque socketed fittings (see 'English Romanesque Art 1066-1200' 1984, p. 251, Nos. 252-4) and an 11^th 12^th century dating appropriate.