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STIRRUP

Unique ID: LIN-4BD2F2

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A copper alloy stirrup mount in an Anglo-Scandinavian style, Williams Class A, type 5. It has a subtriangular shape with a drilled hole in the base and at the apex. Traces of niello remain on the surface, though the design is difficult to interpret due to the degree of corrosion, which extends accross the surface of the object.

Traces of iron oxide are visible on the underside of the mount on the basal rib.

This stirrup mount is probably a Class A Type 5, though David Williams describes a similar mount from Bedfordshire as unclassified but similar to a Type 5 and Type 1 (Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, p. 80, 104-5).

Class: strap mount
Sub class: Williams Class A, Type 5

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: 44.8 mm
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 13.12 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 27th August 2011

Rally details.

This object was found at Central Searchers, Alford, Lincs

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 384

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with niello

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Rigsby with Ailby (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF4376
Four figure Latitude: 53.261731
Four figure longitude: 0.142424
1:25K map: TF4376
1:10K map: TF47NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: LIN
Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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