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STIRRUP
Unique ID: SUSS-50FE75
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment from a cast copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount of late Anglo-Saxon date (c. 11th century AD). The shape and style suggest it is a lower corner fragment of a Williams' Class A, Type 8 zoomorphic mount (see Williams 1997, 48; fig. 32). At the corner is a projecting pointed animal head. Along the side of the mount is the moulded body with a limb/wing emerging from it into the body of the mount at an angle. One of the lower rivet holes remains and displays evidence of iron corrosion. Adjacent to is is the probable side of the second rivet hole; a weak point at which, amongst others, the object broke. The profile is curved with a right angle flange at the base. The fragment has corroded to a dark red-brown colour with patches of light-green corrosion product in places. The object is likely to date from the first quarter of the 11th century to the early 12th century (Williams 1997, 8).
Class:
strap mount
Sub class: Williams' Class A, Type 8
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Scandinavian style
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.9 mm
Width: 13.8 mm
Thickness: 3.1 mm
Weight: 3.99 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th October 2009
Rally details.
This object was found at Rotary charity rally/Wessex MDC - Hannington (04/10/09)
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ticket number 24
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Basingstoke and Deane (District)
Parish or ward: Hannington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5656
Four figure Latitude: 51.300378
Four figure longitude: -1.198139
1:25K map: SU5656
1:10K map: SU55NE
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams, D. | 1997 | Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts: A Classification and Catalogue | York | CBA Research Report 111 | 8, 48 | 32 |
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