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STIRRUP
Unique ID: HAMP-192556
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount of late Anglo-Saxon date (c. 11th century AD). The mount is sub-pentagonal in form with a knobbed profile. It has a wide rounded apex loop. From this it widens to its maximum width (28.0mm) at the uppermost pair of side knobs. Below is a further pair of knobs above the straight base. Above the base are two circular perforations, both of these retain corroded iron rivets. The third rivet hole can be found at the apex loop, empty. On the lower face the perpendicular flange is very slight (Th.: 5.8mm). The lower surface is plain, slightly recessed and seemingly unfiled. The upper surface is decorated with what is probably a highly degenerate, abstract version of an engraved pair of symmetrical addorsed beasts beneath a pendent loop. The mount's form is characteristic of a Williams' Class A, Type 1 mount (1997, 26ff.), albeit a highly debased example, and perhaps circumspect no to give it a Type. This artefact now has a dark grey-green patina. The upper element curves forwards slightly in profile. It is likely to date from the first quarter of the 11th century to the early 12th century (Williams 1997, 8).
Class:
strap mount
Sub class: Williams Class A, Type uncertain
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39.6 mm
Width: 28 mm
Thickness: 4.1 mm
Weight: 20.85 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st February 2008
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E2455; UKDFD Ref. No. - 12218
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: Wonston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4839
Four figure Latitude: 51.148256
Four figure longitude: -1.31515
1:25K map: SU4839
1:10K map: SU43NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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