Record ID: NCL-B06AD0 - EARLY MEDIEVAL stirrup

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STIRRUP

Unique ID: NCL-B06AD0

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Early Medieval zoomorphic stirrup terminal mount

A cast copper-alloy Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup terminal mount of the 11th century.

The sub-cylindrical terminal is zoomorphic and depicts a the head of a dog/wolf or some other best with moulded decoration forming ears, eyes, snout cleary. The end of the snout bear evidence for a break and some iron corrosion, while the base of the head seems to have had a split end, with one of the arms of the split end missing. See also BERK-8D4145.

Class: terminal

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ascribed Culture: Anglo-Scandinavian [scope notes| view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1100

Dimensions and weight

Length: 54.75 mm
Width: 17.46 mm
Weight: 41.6 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: East Lindsey
Parish: Revesby

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TF3263
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 26th August 2011 - Wednesday 28th September 2011

Personal details

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Recorded by: Dr Robert Collins - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Miss Erin Slack - [view all attributed records]

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