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STIRRUP
Unique ID: DOR-B7C967
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast, copper alloy stirrup strap mount. Williams Class A Type 1 mount. The mount is pentagonal in shape with small lobes either side at the base and towards the apex. The apex loop is broken with part of the attachment hole remaining. The front of the mount is decorated with a lightly incised symmetrical design of two entwined beasts formed from narrow bodies with union knots and lobes. Towards the base the design is obscured by iron corrosion from the two attachment rivets still in situ. At the back is right angled flange which is set in slightly from the base and sides. Date: Early Medieval: c. 1000 - 1100 Dimensions: 41.85 mm x 30.92 mm x 8.7 mm Weight: 17.57 g Similar to Williams, 1997, p 26-27, No. 4
Class:
strap mount
Sub class: Williams Class A, Type 1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Scandinavian style
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.85 mm
Width: 30.92 mm
Thickness: 8.7 mm
Weight: 17.57 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 18th June 2007
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: Maiden Newton
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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