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Description: | A complete cast copper-alloy stirrup strap mount in very good condition.
This strap mount is roughly lozenge shaped measuring 51mm in length and 33mm in width, at its widest central point. It has an apex loop and a right angle lower flange, which classify it as Williams' Class A (Williams 1997, 2 fig 1). It is also an open work version of Williams type 12. Being lozenge shaped with a central diagonal cross giving four apertures. It has circular bosses positioned centrally, at the junctions of the cross and the frame and at the two central corners of the lozenge, so there are seven bosses in total on this example. There is also a central circular lower fixing hole above the flange measuring 3.5mm in diameter.
Very similar strap mounts have been discovered Barham, Suffolk, Coddenham, Suffolk and Ixworth, Suffolk (Williams 1997 69-74). These stirrup strap mounts are all late Anglo-Saxon c11th century in date. | Subjects: | Williams Class A type 12. strap mount | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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