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STIRRUP
Unique ID: DEV-C8391F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A highly abraded Early Medieval to Medieval copper alloy Stirrup-strap mount, of Williams' (1997) Class A, type 8, dating to c. AD 1000-1100. The surviving mount comprises of a sub-triangular plate, the zoomorphic terminal seen on comparable mounts truncated above the ears. Although now highly abraded, comparison to other examples would suggest that a pair of bifurcating tendrils project from the reverse of the head, terminating in lobes and forming the edge of the plate and with three cast sub-circular openwork elements dividing the tendrils and their lobed terminals. The lower portion of the plate is decorated with a pair of addorsed winged beasts, with their heads projecting from the base of the plate (the right head now lost to a worn break), and forming a slightly recessed triangular field between their wings, although this appears to have been left plain. In the space between the lower animals' wings and the bifurcating tendrils are a pair of depressed, sub-piriform areas, whilst a circular depression between the arms of the bifurcating tendrils may be intended to imitate rivets. A right angled flange projects from the reverse, with two rivet holes, both retaining iron corrosion from rivets in situ.
Dimensions: Length 35.3mm; width 25.9mm; thickness 6.2mm; weight 15.37g.
cf. Williams (1997, 49; fig. 33) no. 144
Class:
strap mount
Sub class: Williams Class A, Type 8
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.3 mm
Width: 25.9 mm
Thickness: 6.2 mm
Weight: 15.37 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 10th April 2017 - Monday 10th April 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt: 019889
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: East Devon (District)
Parish or ward: Ottery St. Mary (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SY1197
Four figure Latitude: 50.76573768
Four figure longitude: -3.26336069
1:25K map: SY1197
1:10K map: SY17NW
Grid reference source: From finder
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 |
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