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STIRRUP
Unique ID: GLO-1EFEAE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Early Medieval stirrup-strap mount that has a lozange shaped plate with a cross satire in the centre creating four recessed lozenge-shaped panels, there are knops satiated in the centre and at the end of each arm of the cross, plus one in both of the side corners of the lozenge. At the top is a circular suspension loop. The base of the mount is expanded with a rearward facing projection that contains a single rivet hole, this area is encrusted with iron corrosion. This is an example of Williams class A type 12 and dates to the 11th century.
Class:
strap mount
Sub class: Williams Class A, Type 12
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
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 42 mm
Width: 28 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 10.64 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st July 2016 - Monday 1st August 2016
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Charlton Marshall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST9004
Four figure Latitude: 50.83544231
Four figure longitude: -2.14337441
1:25K map: ST9004
1:10K map: ST90SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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