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STIRRUP
Unique ID: KENT-3F8E12
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy stirrup-strap mount, of Williams/Webley Class B, Type 2, Group 5, paralleled in Williams (1997, 97; ref. 467) and on this database, ref. HAMP3870. The mount has a central animal head, with two beasts in profile on the side. Referred to in Webley (2014, 354; note 65).
Class:
strap mount
Sub class: Williams Class B, Type 2, Group 5
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 1075
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36 mm
Width: 29 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 12th April 2003
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Sevenoaks (District)
Parish or ward: Kemsing (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ5558
Four figure Latitude: 51.300028
Four figure longitude: 0.221974
1:25K map: TQ5558
1:10K map: TQ55NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Webley, R. | 2014 | Stirrup-strap mounts | Leeds | Maney Publishing on behalf of the Society for Medieval Archaeology | 354 | note 65 | |
| Williams, D. | 1997 | Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts: A Classification and Catalogue | York | CBA Research Report 111 | 97 | 467 |
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