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STIRRUP
Unique ID: LIN-121803
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A late Early Medieval copper-alloy stirrup strap mount, Williams' Class B, Type 3, Group 1. The mount is roughly rectangular in plan, with a slight arch to the upper two corners. The apertures are tiered in pairs; one pair forms the ears of a prominant head, of which the base of the nose sits just above the turn of the flange. To either side of the head, running from the flange to the apex, is an incised beast shown in profile. The snout of each beast form two a small knops at the top edges of the mount. The flange is inturned and the two rivet holes have worn through the edge. There are no traces of iron corrosion.
In his 1997 publication of stirrup strap mounts, Williams' lists eight mounts of Type 3, Group 1, all of which were found in Lincolnshire or Norfolk. In his catalogue, fig. 56 no. 420 is almost identical to the example presented here.
Class:
strap mount
Sub class: Williams Class B, Type 3, Group 1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Scandinavian style
Date from: Circa AD 1025
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35 mm
Width: 28 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Diameter: 14.45 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 17th May 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Withern with Stain
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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