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Description: | Early medieval mount; cast copper alloy stirrup mount of Viking-influenced design. These mounts date from the late 11th century. This mount is of Williams' Class B, Type 1, group 1 being a trapezoidal mount with the remains of three animal heads in the design. There is a large, central boss with a little circular hollow in each top corner, representing ears. The other details of this animal face have been lost as the mount is very worn. Similarly the 2 smaller animal heads above and to either side of the main central head are very worn and almost indistinguishable. The rest of the mount has strips which give an openwork design. The base of the mount has a curving flange which would have had two rivet holes, both of which have now been broken away. The mount is quite worn and somewhat corroded. Most of the original surface of the metal is missing. Length 38.4mm, width 33.8mm, thickness 6.0mm, weight 19.20g Ref: Williams, pages 85-89, especially mount 397
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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