Record ID: PUBLIC-9217D6
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (Late Anglo-Saxon) copper alloy stirrup-strap mount of 11th century date The stirrup-strap mount is of Williams' (1997, p 89-91) Class B, Type 2 and Group 3; and is incomplete, missing the apex (with a surviving length of 34.8mm and a weight of 13.9g). The mount is decorated with openwork and cast relief depicting a heavily-debased head or mask with flanking beasts. The mount has broken across two perforations below the apex and presumably beneath a fixing point (Where it has a width of 24.9mm) before widening (to produce a maximum width of 32.4mm). There are raised ro…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2011
Last updated: Friday 4th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-E8F8A8
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
A loop-headed ringed pin, with slightly pitted, stripped surface and golden colour (typical of some beach finds). The ring has a dark corrosion layer on the surface, remnants of which also survive on the shaft. The ring is of 'fixed' type, with a constriction where it fits through the loop head of the pin; the pin can therefore swing, but not move freely around the ring. The ring is of lozenge cross-section, and is decorated with five groups of transverse incised lines. The pin has a raised transverse moulding at the junction of the loop head with the shaft. The shaft changes in cross…
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2009
Last updated: Friday 8th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-C20800
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Near-complete Late Anglo Saxon stirrup strap mount, probably of 11th century date. The stirrup is unusual with a beast's head protruding downwards from the base of the mount (23mm deep). One other example with a protruding head has been recorded from Stoke Hammond, Bucks (Williams D., 1997, no. 383, p84). Features on the head are now difficult to discern, but the cast decoration appears to depict a snarling snout with four sharp teeth protruding from the underside. The panel is concave with a surviving height of 32.4mm and parallel sides with a width of 32.6mm. The panel is decorated …
Created on: Monday 7th March 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 21st September 2016
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