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STIRRUP
Unique ID: LIN-CED111
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy stirrup strap mount dating to the eleventh century. The mount is trapezoid in plan with a broken apex. A small tab of metal projects at either lower corner. Both tabs are in the form of an animal head resembling a rabbit. The animal has a worn face but two large oval ears. When the mount is orientated correctly the animal heads are upside down (ie the ears point towards the base of the stirrup). The surface of the mount is decorated with a Scandinavian-type beast-head in niello. The head is seen in profile left when the mount is orientated to 90 degrees clockwise. Below the head are two circular rivet holes. On the reverse below the holes is a narrow ledge. Cf. Williams (1997, 81; ref. 373)
Class:
strap mount
Sub class: Williams Class A, Type 8 variant
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Scandinavian style
Date from: Circa AD 1025
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Width: 34 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
To be known as: Bottesford
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams, D. | 1997 | Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts: A Classification and Catalogue | York | CBA Research Report 111 | 81 | 373 |
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