NHER 29252 (Find Spot record) - Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF92NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | RYBURGH, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
September 1992. Metal-detecting.
Found at [1]:
Wonderful 11th century box mount (or stirrup mount), 'one of the nicest I've seen'. A quadruped [3] in relief, looking upwards, jaws open to eat a 'lobe' in the corner of the triangular field below the pierced lobed terminal. The quadruped has four-clawed front feet, and six stamped triangles on neck showing 'mane'. The tail passes between hind
legs, across the body and ends in a tight scroll above the back.
There are two pierced holes at the base of the mount, and a flange at right angles. The holes are symmetrically placed and very well made
Unusual.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
See Illustration (S1).
This find was identified as a Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount by D. Williams in 1997, see Monograph (S2).
A.Rogerson (NLA), 20 October 1992. Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 5 August 2020.
July 2013-April 2014. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Survey of proposed route of Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm onshore cable (Field 102).
No finds of archaeological interest were recovered at this location.
See report (S3) for further details.
Extended to whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [1].
P. Watkins (HES), 16 August 2023.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF100659 Correspondence: Williams, D. 1995. Correspondence between D. Williams and S. Margeson regarding Late Saxon stirrup-strap mounts. 10, 22 and 31 August.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF97906 Illustration: Penn, K. [Unknown]. Drawing of a Late Saxon stirrup strap mount. Film. Unknown.
- <S2> SNF57562 Monograph: Williams, D. 1997. Late Saxon stirrup-strap mounts. A classification and catalogue. A contribution to the study of Late Saxon ornamental metalwork.. CBA Research Report. No. 111. No 232; p 62.
- <S3> SNF102393 Unpublished Contractor Report: Evershed, R. and Pringle, I. 2015. Archaeological Non-intrusive Survey Report: Geophysical Survey by Magnetometry, Fieldwalking and Metal Detecting for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Onshore Electrical Connection, Norfolk. Allen Archaeology Ltd. AAL 2014060.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- STIRRUP STRAP MOUNT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
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Record last edited
Aug 16 2023 1:05PM