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STIRRUP
Unique ID: SF-71AA20
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete Early Medieval to Medieval copper-alloy stirrup strap mount dating to circa AD 1000-1100. It is broadly shield-shaped plan and plano-convex in section. Its edges are rounded containing transverse ribs. At the pointed ended is a rectangular knop under which is a circular suspension loop. The body is openwork with with seven circular arapertures inclusive of the suspension loop aforementioned. A circular aperture is positioned at the oppposite end of the suspension loop. In the middle are two flanking sub-rectangular apertures in the centre of which are position three circular apertures arranged in a trefoil. The uppermost aperture is larger in diameter. The bottom edge is offset at a right ange to the body. It contains two in situ iron rivets with iron corrosion around them.
The mount is similar to those depicted in Williams 1997, pg 88, nos 411-414.
Length: 40.8mm, width: 28.6mm, thickness: 3.9mm, weight: 17.32g
Class:
Strap mount
Sub class: Williams Class B, Type 2, Group 1
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: 40.8 mm
Width: 28.6 mm
Thickness: 3.9 mm
Weight: 17.32 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st August 2020 - Monday 31st August 2020
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Openwork
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Aldringham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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 |
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