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Unique ID: IOW-797266
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete and corroded Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) to Medieval cast copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount (c. 1000-c. 1100). WiIlliams Class Class B, Type 3, Group 2 (Williams 1997: 91, refs: 428-432).
Height: 40.12mm; width: 26.77mm; thickness: 4.77m. Weight: 13.14g.
This mount is sub-square in plan, moulded at the front and slightly concave at the rear. There is a lobe at the top and the protruding facing head of a beast at the centre. It has a round face with prominent eyes and snout and appears to have a fringe. Above the head are three apertures forming openwork. Another smaller aperture is situated below the head to the right. At the base an angled flange has two rivet holes which are filled with the remains of iron rivets. On the rear of the flange is the remains of an iron strap.
This mount is purplish with matt green corrosion products. There is iron staining around the central aperture above the head and around the rivets in the flange.
Williams, D. 1997. Late Saxon Stirrup Strap Mounts. CBA Research Report 111. Council for British Archaeology.
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Class:
strap mount
Sub class: Williams Class B, Type 3, Group 2
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
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
Quantity: 1
Height: 40.12 mm
Width: 26.77 mm
Thickness: 4.77 mm
Weight: 13.14 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 23rd February 2014
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Other reference: IOW2014-2-191
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Grid reference source: GPS (from the 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 | 91 | 428-432 |