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Description: | Fragment of cast copper alloy 11th century stirrup mount of Williams's class B, type 1, Group 1. The complete stirrup mount would most likely have been sub square in plan and open work in form. It would possibly have had three projecting fixing loops along the upper edge, of which only one survives. The fragment recorded here represents approximately half of the mount, damaged as it is from the top left hand corner, through to the bottom right with a diagonal break, with the portion of the mount to the right of that break missing entirely. When complete the mount would have shown a single zoomorphic head to the bottom and centre of the mount, with two further heads set to either side in the upper corners. What survive are the lower head and the top left head, which is positioned beneath the surviving fixing loop. The lower head is worn, but has distinct rounded, mouse-like ears. There are no surviving decorated facial features. The upper head is in a similar worn state. The fixing loop above is sub circular with trifoliate projections to the top. Circular apertures would have been present to either side of the lower head, two above the lower head and probably two between the upper heads. What survive are one aperture to the left of the lower head and one partial to the right due to the diagonal break, one to the left above the lower head and one partial to the right due to the break and one partial to the right of the surviving head. The flange of the stirrup mount is set at approximately 45 degrees. It has two rivet holes, with the rivets entirely missing. The reverse of the mount is falt and plain. The object is abraded and worn and the original surface is now missing. Exposed surfaces to both sides are mid brown with patches of olive green and small patches of bright green corrosion product. The break edge is worn and rounded suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The mount is 41.82mm long, 26.5mm wide, 3.42mm thick and weighs 12.75g. Williams, 1997, Late Saxon stirrup-strap mounts, page 85, explains that class B mounts are less common than class A mounts. They are also more difficult to classify, but the mount recorded here sits best within Type 1 group 1. Examples can be seen in the same volume, figure 54.
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