NHER 37557 (Find Spot record) - Late Saxon stirrup

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Summary

Metal-detecting in 2002 recovered a Late Saxon copper alloy stirrup-strap mount with engraved beasts.

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Map sheet	TG51SW
Civil Parish	ORMESBY ST MARGARET WITH SCRATBY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

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October 2002. Metal detecting.
Late Saxon copper alloy stirrup-strap mount, quite worn, decorated with engraved addorsed beasts beneath pendant lobe, the outline of heads creating knobbed profile, flange at base with single corrosion-filled rivet-hole, 26 x 35mm.
See (S1), simplified version of Class A, type 1. 11th century. Digital image.
Identified by S.J. Ashley (NLA).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 29 November 2002.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
<S1> 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. pp 26-34.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)

Object Types (1)

STIRRUP (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)

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Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Aug 15 2020 5:16PM