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Description: | Cast copper alloy Early Medieval stirrup mount dating to the 11th century (c.1000-1100). The mount is of class A type. It is sub triangular in shape with a right-angled flange. The item is symmetrical with pairs of cast-in lugs at the shoulders, base and pointing downwards to either side of the flange. The terminus appears to be a stylised animal head but the object is too corroded to be certain. The front is decorated with a low-relief interlacing design but this too is very corroded. Ferrous corrosion is present both along the flange on the reverse and at the neck where the remains of an iron rivet are still present.
Stirrup mounts connected the leather strap of the harness to the stirrup. Williams (Williams, D. 1997 Late Saxon Stirrup Strap Mounts: A Classification and Catalogue) has produced a classification of these mounts. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Burrill, Charlotte - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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