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Unique ID: IOW-3AD997
Object type certainty: Certain
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Incomplete cast copper alloy stirrup-strap mount of probable eleventh century date (AD 1000 - AD 1100). Williams Class A, type 5. Length 30mm, width 28mm and 3.2mm thick. Weight 15.99g.
The mount has a pentagonal frame set within a pair of tendril-like shapes which terminate in scrolls. The apex loop is missing and the break is fresh. Within the frame, the design consists of a gaping mouthed beast, with a lobed snout, enmeshed with tendrils. At the base of the mount, just within the frame, is a single centrally situated fixing hole. The hole is about 5mm in diameter and is filled with the remains of a corroded iron rivet. The rear face has a stepped flange at the base which is 13mm in length. There are three poorly defined ring-and-dot impressions, one above the other along the longitudinal centre-line on the rear face.
This mount is remarkably similar to one recorded from Bromeswell, Suffolk although this mount has two ring-and-dot impressions on the rear face (Williams, D. 1997. "Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts. A Classification and Catalogue". 40-42, fig. 28, no. 91. CBA Research Report 111. Council for British Archaeology.
This stirrup-strap mount has been published in Geake (2005, 332; fig. 3b).
Class:
strap mount
Sub class: Williams Class A, Type 5
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
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
Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 28 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 15.99 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 20th March 2005
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Other reference: IOW2005-94-1
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Incomplete
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Geake, H. | 2005 | Medieval Britain and Ireland in 2004: Portable Antiquities Scheme report | Leeds | Maney | 332 | 3b | |
Williams, D. | 1997 | Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts: A Classification and Catalogue | York | CBA Research Report 111 | 40-42, fig. 28 | 91 |