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STIRRUP
Unique ID: SUR-FF9BB1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy stirrup strap mount of Williams Class A, Type 1, dating to the 11th century AD. The plate is sub triangular, with incised decoration comprising addorsed beast heads with interlaced bodies and incised details of the eyes and mouth. The brow and snout of each head project to form lobes to each side, with tendrils running back from the brows to smaller flanking lobes at the tapering upper portion of the plate, where the loop around the upper rivet hole has broken off. The lower edge of the plate has a pair of rivet holes containing the remnants of rusted iron rivets with a flange on the reverse containing a portion of rusted iron from the stirrup.
Notes:
Recorded from details emailed by the finder.
Class:
Strap mount
Sub class: Williams Class A, Type 1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Scandinavian style
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40.1 mm
Width: 33.8 mm
Thickness: 2.1 mm
Weight: 17.02 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 12th February 2020
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Maidstone (District)
Parish or ward: Hollingbourne (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ8455
Four figure Latitude: 51.26445473
Four figure longitude: 0.63597829
1:25K map: TQ8455
1:10K map: TQ85NW
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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