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STIRRUP
Unique ID: DEV-81C4C5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A late early-medieval stirrup-strap mount of Williams's Class A Type 10B. Made of cast copper alloy, it is sub-triangular in shape. It has a common right angle flange, with the corroded remains of two iron rivets in place. This corrosion has slightly affected the front of the mount. The apex loop is damaged and broken through. The mount is decorated by engraving and openwork and the pattern appears to be an interlaced zoomorphic design. It is worn, so the creature depicted is difficult to make out clearly. The openwork comprises two elongated kidney-shapes in the shoulders of the mount and six small circluar holes randomly placed. The two lower fixing holes not only have the remains of the two iron rivets, but there are possibly the remains of the iron fitting or strap on the reverse. There are traces of niello with the arched border.
It measures 47.7 mm long by up to 32.4 mm wide by c. 3.8 mm thick, up to 9.7 mm thick at the flange. It weighs 22.82 g
For stirrup-strap mounts of Williams Class A, Type 10B see Williams (1997, 55-57; figs 37-38). Though none are identical no. 195 approaches the form and design here.
Class:
strap mount
Sub class: Williams Class A, Type 10B
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Royal Albert Memorial Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by a museum - not a Treasure case
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: 47.7 mm
Width: 32.4 mm
Thickness: 3.8 mm
Weight: 22.82 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1999
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Other reference numbers
Museum accession number: 5/2004
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with niello
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: East Devon (District)
Parish or ward: Woodbury (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX9988
Four figure Latitude: 50.682862
Four figure longitude: -3.430996
1:25K map: SX9988
1:10K map: SX98NE
Grid reference source: From finder
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 | 55-57 | 195 |
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