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STIRRUP
Unique ID: WAW-AA2D31
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Published 
Cast copper alloy fitting having a half-round channel-like section one end of which is plain, with a slight taper, this is separated from the rest of the object by a baluster moulding around which is a single, medial, incised line. The rest of the object consists of a hooked, claw-like moulding the underside of which is hollowed. Within the hollow are traces of a silvery metal, which is either solder or lead. While direct parallels for this object have not been found its form and method of construction are very like those seen on Saxo-Norman stirrup mounts and it is likely that it was a side-piece from one of them.
Class: terminal
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1000
Date to: AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 74.8 mm
Width: 14.2 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight: 30.61 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 7th July 2008
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
To be known as: Tanworth in Arden
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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