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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy late Anglo-Saxon stirrup strap mount, only the lower half of this strap mount survives, the rest is missing due to an old break. It measures 32.5mm in surviving length and 33.8mm in width, at its widest point. It is roughly pear shaped and has a right angle flange with two parallel lower fixing holes with the corroded remains of the iron rivets and fitting or strap visible on the back face of the flange. It is therefore of Williams'Class A. Furthermore the pear shape also indicates that is likely to be of type 7. As does the presence of small presumably originally zoomorphic terminals projecting beyond the base of the mount. There also seems to be a central tree-like device, and there are two circular holes, in addition to the fixing holes, through the flaring sides of the pear shape, which are most likely to be decorative, rather than functional. A very similar strap mount, also of Class A type 7 has been discovered at Keswick, Norfolk. These stirrup strap mounts are most likely to be 11th century in date (Williams 1997 45-46, fig 31, no 120). | Subjects: | strap mount Williams Class A type 7. Anglo-Saxon | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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