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STIRRUP
Unique ID: LEIC-9F9395
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Anglo-Scandinavian copper alloy stirrup mount, 36mm long and 26.5mm wide. It is in a fair condition with a dark brown patina and weighs 10.50 grams. The mount is sub rectangular in form with a slight curved indentation in the centre of each side. Its upper part is missing and half of a fixing hole can be seen, flanked by two curved worn areas. This is flanked by raised linear decoration which creates a triangular form. Inside this is another raised area which is triangular. The lower edge of the object, which is straight, has triangular protrusions at each corner which would have formed animal heads. There are two circular fixing holes between these. The holes are filled with iron corroision and there is a patch of this on the reverse, which is otherwise plain. The mount fits Williams Class A type 7, but is a new variant (pers. comm. David Williams).
Class:
strap mount
Sub class: Williams Class A, Type 7
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
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
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36 mm
Width: 26.5 mm
Weight: 10.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 8th February 2006
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Rugby (District)
Parish or ward: Wibtoft (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP4787
Four figure Latitude: 52.47891
Four figure longitude: -1.309409
1:25K map: SP4787
1:10K map: SP48NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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