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STIRRUP
Unique ID: NMS-29C927
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Late Saxon to medieval copper alloy stirrup-strap mount of Williams 1997, Class A, Type 10D, with an iron rivet in the trilobed apex loop. The convex front is covered with elaborate decoration in openwork and relief depicts an asymmetrically coiled beast in the Urnes style between a pair of animals which form the sides with their heads next to the lower fixing holes. There is no basal flange. A mount from Milton Keynes is the closest parallel (BH-AFA0EA). Height 64mm. Width 31.5mm. Thickness 7.6mm. Weight 24.96g. Second half 11th century.
Field ASH1
Class:
strap mount
Sub class: Williams Class A, Type 10D
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
Date from: Circa AD 1050
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 64 mm
Width: 31.5 mm
Thickness: 7.6 mm
Weight: 24.96 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st March 2017 - Friday 31st March 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 18006
Other reference: SET032017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM1397
Four figure Latitude: 52.52920487
Four figure longitude: 1.13871322
1:25K map: TM1397
1:10K map: TM19NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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