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STIRRUP
Unique ID: SOM-AB8488
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy stirrup-strap mount. A sub-triangular mount, decorated with the raised imaged of a lion looking upwards, with its right foreleg raised and tail curled above its body, all within a riased outer border. The mane is formed from two rows of irregular indentations. Below the lion, the border is slightly thicker and is pierced with two attachment holes (with traces of iron corrosion around them to the reverse). The reverse of the mount is undecorated and has a central 'common right-angled flange' (Williams 1997, p.25), protruding from the lower edge, which is shorter than the width of the mount and irregular in shape. The apex loop is damaged, all that remains is a curlicue section to the right side and the edge of an apparently off-centre hole. The mount is a Williams Class A, Type 11A (ibid. pp.58-69) with a left-facing lion. Williams suggests that these strap mounts were in use from the first quarter of the 11th century at the earliest, until around the end of the same century (ibid. p.8). Lewis (2007, p.184) has since offered a more precise date range of c.1070-c.1140.
Length: 43.69mm, Width: 30.12, Thickness at apex: 2.82mm, Projection of flange: 7.28mm, Weight: 22.28g
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
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1070
Date to: Circa AD 1140
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.69 mm
Width: 30.12 mm
Thickness: 2.82 mm
Weight: 22.28 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st February 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Entry 020700
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Crewkerne
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis, M. | 2007 | A new date for 'Class A, Type 11A' stirrup-strap mounts, and some observations on their distribution | |||||
| Williams, D. | 1997 | Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts: A Classification and Catalogue | York | CBA Research Report 111 | 8, 25, 58-69 |
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