SWYOR-EAD0D2: Early medieval stirrup strap mount

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STIRRUP

Unique ID: SWYOR-EAD0D2

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A copper alloy stirrup strap mount dating from the eleventh century. It is 50.2mm long, 25.8mm wide and 8.8mm thick. It is a Williams' Class A, Type 11A mount, which is the most common type of mount. It is sub-triangular with a broken loop at the top flanked by slight projecting lobes. It is decorated with a lion like animal with a raised front paw, and its head turned upwards as if to grasp an object above in its mouth. The flange projecting from the reverse of the base is on a forty five degree angle. It is broken, but appears to have had two iron rivets through it. Only the corroded remains of one survives. The mount is slightly convex and is very corroded, with the metal a dark brown colour with a rough surface. It is a very close parallel to figure 1 in "Stirrup Mounts: Finds Research Group Datasheet number 20" by David Williams (1995).

Class: strap mount
Sub class: Williams Class A, Type 11A

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1100

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 50.2 mm
Width: 25.8 mm
Thickness: 8.8 mm
Weight: 16.4 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 26th September 2007

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leeds (Metropolitan District)
District: Leeds (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Otley (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE2145
Four figure Latitude: 53.90074576
Four figure longitude: -1.6818859
1:25K map: SE2145
1:10K map: SE24NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Williams, D.	1995	Stirrup Mounts	London	Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 20

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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