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STIRRUP
Unique ID: SOMDOR500
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A stirrup strap-mount. A sub-triangular mount. The hanging loop at the apex is broken. At the base of the rear of the mount is a right-angled flange, above which are two attachment holes which contain the corroded remains of iron rivets. The moulded decoration on the front face is of a griffin, facing left, one front foot raised and its beaked head flung back and pointing towards the apex. Above the animal's head is a hole which may have been made later to allow re-attachment of the mount after the top loop was broken. Similar to Williams Class A, Type 11A, but with a griffin rather than a lion. Cf. SF9733 on this database. This object has been published in Geake (2001, 246; fig. 3a).
Notes:
PAL 319
Class:
strap mount
Sub class: Williams Class A, Type 11A (variant)
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 1025
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47.63 mm
Width: 33.22 mm
Thickness: 5.41 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st March 1999
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Taunton Deane (District)
To be known as: SOMERSET WIVELISCOMBE
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geake, H., Bradley, J. and Gaimster, M. | 2001 | Medieval Britain and Ireland in 2000, Medieval Archaeology | Leeds | Maney Publishing | 246 | 3a | |
| Williams, D. | 1997 | Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts: A Classification and Catalogue | York | CBA Research Report 111 |
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