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Unique ID: LVPL-7869C2
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete cast copper alloy stirrup-strap mount dating to the late Anglo-Saxon period. The mount is roughly diamond-shaped, with a flat base and rounded loop at the apex. The decoration consists of four diamond or lozenge-shaped openwork panels, with 8 rounded bosses projecting from the panel frames, roughly at the junction of each lozenge. At the base of the object the flange projects as a tab at a right angle to the body of the object. There is a large rivet hole located centrally on the flanged base. The rear is undecorated. It has a mid green patina.
This stirrup-strap mount is of Williams' s Class A Type 12, and dates to the 11th century AD. Similar examples can be found in Williams, (1997), p72.
Class:
strap mount
Sub class: Williams Class A, Type 12 (openwork)
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.57 mm
Width: 28.89 mm
Thickness: 11.37 mm
Weight: 19.4 g
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Openwork
Completeness: Complete
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Williams, D. | 1997 | Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts: A Classification and Catalogue | York | CBA Research Report 111 |