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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy stirrup-strap mount of Early Medieval, eleventh century date. Probably a variation of a Williams Class A, type 1. The breaks are old and eroded. Length 44mm, width 42mm and 3mm thick. Weight 30.94g.The majority of these type of mounts are pentagonal in plan. However, this mount is roughly square in plan. Viewing the mount in plan, the upper corners either side of the small apex loop are distinctly rounded and the lower corners are also rounded, but less so than the upper corners. The apex loop has a rounded top and the fixing hole is 4mm in diameter. Each side has two protruding lugs. Only part of the right angled flange survives and this has the remains of two fixing holes to accommodate rivets that would have been vertical when in position. It can be estimated that each of these holes would have been about 3mm in diameter. The front has linear and curvilinear engraved lines of Ringerike style decoration in the form of two addorsed beasts. Viewing the mount from the side, the front is slightly convex and the rear is slightly concave. The rear surface is coarse and undecorated. Overall the piece is in a stable condition and the metal is a reddish colour with a superficial deposit of copper carbonate. Dark areas, just below the apex loop and just above the flange, are stains caused by blu-tack.
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