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STIRRUP
Unique ID: BERK-556B81
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup strap mount of Williams' Class A type 11. The mount is triangular in plan with a worn trefoil shaped upper terminal which contains a circular rivet hole, now encrusted with iron corrosion. The mount is quite worn but it has a raised outer border, within which is a rampant beast, similar to a lion or dog with its head thrown back in a howl and its right foreleg raised. Below this beast within the outer border is two rivet holes. On the reverse of the mount the base has a protruding lip, otherwise the reverse is plain. These mounts date to the 11th century AD of the Early Medieval period.
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: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Scandinavian style
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 47.4 mm
Width: 32.04 mm
Thickness: 8.95 mm
Weight: 29.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 6th May 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2011.150
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: East Hampshire (District)
Parish or ward: Binsted (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU7840
Four figure Latitude: 51.15395
Four figure longitude: -0.88611
1:25K map: SU7840
1:10K map: SU74SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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