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STIRRUP
Unique ID: GLO-A51441
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy stirrup strap mount that is pentagonal shape in plan with a truncated rivet hole at the top. Running down either sides are three evenly spaced semicircular knops which on complete examples would form the extremities such as eyes and nostrils of two opposing beasts in the Urnes style, see IOW-1FB012 for a complete example. The face of the mount would have been decorated with engraved lines but this example is heavily worn resulting in the loss of all the detail.
There are two rivet holes at the base and a rearward facing projection on the reverse side. Similar examples are illustrated in Williams, 1997, pages 27-34 and are classified as Class A Type 1 mounts that date to the dates to the 11th century.
Class:
strap mount
Sub class: Williams Class A, Type 1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40 mm
Width: 30 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 15.65 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st September 2014 - Thursday 1st September 2016
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
District: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Doynton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST7173
Four figure Latitude: 51.45523079
Four figure longitude: -2.41876095
1:25K map: ST7173
1:10K map: ST77SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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