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STIRRUP
Unique ID: NLM-72D577
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount, Class B mount, Unclassified type. The trapezoidal openwork mount has two upper attachment holes, one of which is incomplete. The front face of the mount is flat and has asymmetrical apertures of varying size and shape. Two are L-Shaped, two are sub-rectangular and other two are circular. Intertwining around the edge of the mount and in between the apertures is a simple form of the Ringerike biting beast. At the bottom of the mount is an angled flange with two lower fixing holes. One of the holes still retains an iron fitting. Both faces of the mount have corrosion spreading around the edge of the iron fitting. The length is 42.2mm, the width is 37.8mm and the weight is 28.71g.
Class:
strap mount
Sub class: Williams Class B, no Type
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 1016
Date to: AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42.2 mm
Width: 37.8 mm
Weight: 28.71 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st April 2005
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM09013
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Caistor (Civil Parish)
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams, D. | 1997 | Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts: A Classification and Catalogue | York | CBA Research Report 111 | 97-98 no.472 |
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