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Stirrup
Unique ID: NMGW-657977
Object type certainty: Certain
Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount, probably of 11th century date. The mount is likely to fall into Williams (1997) Class A, Type 8. The mount is sub-triangular and convex in profile. Much of the surface detail has been lost, but it is possible to discern an animal head at the apex, above the upper fixing hole. There are a further two animal heads projecting from the corners at the base. The sides of the mount are slightly curved and without any projecting lobes. The lower fixing holes retain their iron rivets, and are positioned immediately above and inside the corner head projections. Above the attachment rivets are two partial perforations set either side of a triangular depression. The design common to the type, (Williams, 1997; p 47) has probably become lost on this example. The flange is present and is at right-angles to the mount. The rear of the mount is dished and traces of the iron strap survive (c. 9mm wide) above the flange.
Notes:
The find would appear to represent a westerly outlier for this artefact type, and (prior to 1997) represents the most westerly find of a Type 8 mount.
Class: Strap mount
Sub class: Class A, Type 8
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 1000
Date to: AD 1099
Dimensions and weight
Length: 55.5 mm
Width: 26.1 mm
Thickness: 6.7 mm
Weight: 22.8 g
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: South West
County: Gloucestershire
District: Forest Of Dean
Parish: Rudford And Highleadon
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st November 2003
Personal details
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Identified by: Mr Mark Lodwick - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMGWPA 2004.11.8
References cited
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Created:
Tuesday 27th January 2004
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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